Uploads from Ed Yourdon, tagged upperwestside, with geodatahttp://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/tags/upperwestside/
Mon, 26 Jan 2015 12:35:43 -0800Mon, 26 Jan 2015 12:35:43 -0800http://www.flickr.com/http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2851/buddyicons/72098626@N00.jpg?1395884648#72098626@N00Uploads from Ed Yourdon, tagged upperwestside, with geodatahttp://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/tags/upperwestside/
Some people get very grumpy when they forget to zip up their coathttp://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16375311125/
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/yourdon/">Ed Yourdon</a> posted a photo:</p>
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<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
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<br />
About a year ago, I created Flickr album for photos that I had started taking with my iPhone5s; and now I’m creating a new Flickr album for photos that I’ve begun taking with myiPhone6, which just arrived from T-Mobile this morning.<br />
<br />
In last year’s album, I wrote, &quot;Whether you’re an amateur or professional photographer, it’s hard to walk around with a modern smartphone in your pocket, and <i>not</i> be tempted to use the built-in camera from time-to-time. Veteran photographers typically sneer at such behavior, and most will tell you that they can instantly recognize an iPhone photo, which they mentally reject as being unworthy of any serious attention.<br />
<br />
&quot;After using many earlier models of smartphones over the past several years, I was inclined to agree; after all, I always (well, almost always) had a “real” camera in my pocket (or backpack or camera-bag), and it was <i>always</i> capable of taking a much better photographic image than the mediocre, grainy images shot with a camera-phone. <br />
<br />
&quot;But still … there were a few occasions when I desperately wanted to capture some photo-worthy event taking place right in front of me, and inevitably it turned out to be the times when I did not have the “real” camera with me. Or I did have it, but it was buried somewhere in a bag, and I knew that the “event” would have disappeared by the time I found the “real&quot; camera and turned it on. By contrast, the smart-phone was <i>always</i> in my pocket (along with my keys and my wallet, it’s one of the three things I consciously grab every time I walk out the door). And I often found that I could turn it on, point it at the photographic scene, and take the picture much faster than I could do the same thing with a “traditional” camera.<br />
<br />
&quot;Meanwhile, smartphone cameras have gotten substantially better in the past few years, from a mechanical/hardware perspective; and the software “intelligence” controlling the camera has become amazingly sophisticated. It’s still not on the same level as a “professional” DSLR camera, but for a large majority of the “average” photographic situations we’re likely to encounter in the unplanned moments of our lives, it’s more and more likely to be “good enough.” The old adage of “the best camera is the one you have with you” is more and more relevant these days. For me, 90% of the success in taking a good photo is simply being in the right place at the right time, being aware that the “photo opportunity” is there, and having a camera — <i>any</i> camera — to take advantage of that opportunity. Only 10% of the time does it matter <i>which</i> camera I’m using, or what technical features I’ve managed to use.<br />
<br />
&quot;And now, with the recent advent of the iPhone5s, there is one more improvement — which, as far as I can tell, simply does not exist in any of the “professional” cameras. You can take an unlimited number of “burst-mode” shots with the new iPhone, simply by keeping your finger on the shutter button; instead of being limited to just six (as a few of the DSLR cameras currently offer), you can take 10, 20, or even a hundred shots. And then — almost magically — the iPhone will show you which one or two of the large burst of photos was optimally sharp and clear. With a couple of clicks, you can then delete everything else, and retain only the very best one or two from the entire burst.<br />
<br />
&quot;With that in mind, I’ve begun using my iPhone5s for more and more “everyday” photo situations out on the street. Since I’m typically photographing ordinary, mundane events, even the one or two “optimal” shots that the camera-phone retains might not be worth showing anyone else … so there is still a lot of pruning and editing to be done, and I’m lucky if 10% of those “optimal” shots are good enough to justify uploading to Flickr and sharing with the rest of the world. Still, it’s an enormous benefit to know that my editing work can begin with photos that are more-or-less “technically” adequate, and that I don’t have to waste even a second reviewing dozens of technically-mediocre shots that are fuzzy, or blurred.<br />
<br />
&quot;Oh, yeah, one other minor benefit of the iPhone5s (and presumably most other current brands of smartphone): it automatically geotags every photo and video, without any special effort on the photographer’s part. Only one of my other big, fat cameras (the Sony Alpha SLT A65) has that feature, and I’ve noticed that almost none of the “new” mirrorless cameras have got a built-in GPS thingy that will perform the geotagging...<br />
<br />
&quot;I’ve had my iPhone5s for a couple of months now, but I’ve only been using the “burst-mode” photography feature aggressively for the past couple of weeks. As a result, the initial batch of photos that I’m uploading are all taken in the greater-NYC area. But as time goes on, and as my normal travel routine takes me to other parts of the world, I hope to add more and more “everyday” scenes in cities that I might not have the opportunity to photograph in a “serious” way.<br />
<br />
**************************<br />
<br />
Okay, so now it’s September of 2014, and I’ve got the iPhone 6. They say that the camera is better, and that the internal camera-related hardware/firmware/software is better, too. Obviously, I’ve got the newer iOS, too, and even on the “old” phones, it now supports time-lapse videos along with everything else.<br />
<br />
I’ve still got my pocket camera (an amazing little Sony ERX-100 Mark III), and two larger cameras (Sony RX-10, and Sony A7), but I have a feeling that I won’t even be taking them out of the camera bag when I’m out on the street for ordinary day-to-day walking around.<br />
<br />
That will depend, obviously, on what kind of photos and videos the iPhone6 is actually capable of taking … so I’m going to try to use it every day, and see what the results look like …<br />
<br />
Like I said last year, “stay tuned…&quot;</p>Mon, 26 Jan 2015 12:35:43 -08002014-12-14T13:02:47-08:00nobody@flickr.com (Ed Yourdon)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/1637531112540.792221 -73.97396940.792221-73.9739692510368Some people get very grumpy when they forget to zip up their coat<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
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***************************<br />
<br />
About a year ago, I created Flickr album for photos that I had started taking with my iPhone5s; and now I’m creating a new Flickr album for photos that I’ve begun taking with myiPhone6, which just arrived from T-Mobile this morning.<br />
<br />
In last year’s album, I wrote, &quot;Whether you’re an amateur or professional photographer, it’s hard to walk around with a modern smartphone in your pocket, and <i>not</i> be tempted to use the built-in camera from time-to-time. Veteran photographers typically sneer at such behavior, and most will tell you that they can instantly recognize an iPhone photo, which they mentally reject as being unworthy of any serious attention.<br />
<br />
&quot;After using many earlier models of smartphones over the past several years, I was inclined to agree; after all, I always (well, almost always) had a “real” camera in my pocket (or backpack or camera-bag), and it was <i>always</i> capable of taking a much better photographic image than the mediocre, grainy images shot with a camera-phone. <br />
<br />
&quot;But still … there were a few occasions when I desperately wanted to capture some photo-worthy event taking place right in front of me, and inevitably it turned out to be the times when I did not have the “real” camera with me. Or I did have it, but it was buried somewhere in a bag, and I knew that the “event” would have disappeared by the time I found the “real&quot; camera and turned it on. By contrast, the smart-phone was <i>always</i> in my pocket (along with my keys and my wallet, it’s one of the three things I consciously grab every time I walk out the door). And I often found that I could turn it on, point it at the photographic scene, and take the picture much faster than I could do the same thing with a “traditional” camera.<br />
<br />
&quot;Meanwhile, smartphone cameras have gotten substantially better in the past few years, from a mechanical/hardware perspective; and the software “intelligence” controlling the camera has become amazingly sophisticated. It’s still not on the same level as a “professional” DSLR camera, but for a large majority of the “average” photographic situations we’re likely to encounter in the unplanned moments of our lives, it’s more and more likely to be “good enough.” The old adage of “the best camera is the one you have with you” is more and more relevant these days. For me, 90% of the success in taking a good photo is simply being in the right place at the right time, being aware that the “photo opportunity” is there, and having a camera — <i>any</i> camera — to take advantage of that opportunity. Only 10% of the time does it matter <i>which</i> camera I’m using, or what technical features I’ve managed to use.<br />
<br />
&quot;And now, with the recent advent of the iPhone5s, there is one more improvement — which, as far as I can tell, simply does not exist in any of the “professional” cameras. You can take an unlimited number of “burst-mode” shots with the new iPhone, simply by keeping your finger on the shutter button; instead of being limited to just six (as a few of the DSLR cameras currently offer), you can take 10, 20, or even a hundred shots. And then — almost magically — the iPhone will show you which one or two of the large burst of photos was optimally sharp and clear. With a couple of clicks, you can then delete everything else, and retain only the very best one or two from the entire burst.<br />
<br />
&quot;With that in mind, I’ve begun using my iPhone5s for more and more “everyday” photo situations out on the street. Since I’m typically photographing ordinary, mundane events, even the one or two “optimal” shots that the camera-phone retains might not be worth showing anyone else … so there is still a lot of pruning and editing to be done, and I’m lucky if 10% of those “optimal” shots are good enough to justify uploading to Flickr and sharing with the rest of the world. Still, it’s an enormous benefit to know that my editing work can begin with photos that are more-or-less “technically” adequate, and that I don’t have to waste even a second reviewing dozens of technically-mediocre shots that are fuzzy, or blurred.<br />
<br />
&quot;Oh, yeah, one other minor benefit of the iPhone5s (and presumably most other current brands of smartphone): it automatically geotags every photo and video, without any special effort on the photographer’s part. Only one of my other big, fat cameras (the Sony Alpha SLT A65) has that feature, and I’ve noticed that almost none of the “new” mirrorless cameras have got a built-in GPS thingy that will perform the geotagging...<br />
<br />
&quot;I’ve had my iPhone5s for a couple of months now, but I’ve only been using the “burst-mode” photography feature aggressively for the past couple of weeks. As a result, the initial batch of photos that I’m uploading are all taken in the greater-NYC area. But as time goes on, and as my normal travel routine takes me to other parts of the world, I hope to add more and more “everyday” scenes in cities that I might not have the opportunity to photograph in a “serious” way.<br />
<br />
**************************<br />
<br />
Okay, so now it’s September of 2014, and I’ve got the iPhone 6. They say that the camera is better, and that the internal camera-related hardware/firmware/software is better, too. Obviously, I’ve got the newer iOS, too, and even on the “old” phones, it now supports time-lapse videos along with everything else.<br />
<br />
I’ve still got my pocket camera (an amazing little Sony ERX-100 Mark III), and two larger cameras (Sony RX-10, and Sony A7), but I have a feeling that I won’t even be taking them out of the camera bag when I’m out on the street for ordinary day-to-day walking around.<br />
<br />
That will depend, obviously, on what kind of photos and videos the iPhone6 is actually capable of taking … so I’m going to try to use it every day, and see what the results look like …<br />
<br />
Like I said last year, “stay tuned…&quot;</p>Ed Yourdonnewyork manhattan broadway upperwestside hood peeps iphone6plusbackcamera415mmf22https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.enConversation in a coffeeshop windowhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/15752899234/
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/yourdon/">Ed Yourdon</a> posted a photo:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/15752899234/" title="Conversation in a coffeeshop window"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7344/15752899234_ddb4539cbb_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Conversation in a coffeeshop window" /></a></p>
<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
<br />
***************************<br />
<br />
About a year ago, I created Flickr album for photos that I had started taking with my iPhone5s; and now I’m creating a new Flickr album for photos that I’ve begun taking with myiPhone6, which just arrived from T-Mobile this morning.<br />
<br />
In last year’s album, I wrote, &quot;Whether you’re an amateur or professional photographer, it’s hard to walk around with a modern smartphone in your pocket, and <i>not</i> be tempted to use the built-in camera from time-to-time. Veteran photographers typically sneer at such behavior, and most will tell you that they can instantly recognize an iPhone photo, which they mentally reject as being unworthy of any serious attention.<br />
<br />
&quot;After using many earlier models of smartphones over the past several years, I was inclined to agree; after all, I always (well, almost always) had a “real” camera in my pocket (or backpack or camera-bag), and it was <i>always</i> capable of taking a much better photographic image than the mediocre, grainy images shot with a camera-phone. <br />
<br />
&quot;But still … there were a few occasions when I desperately wanted to capture some photo-worthy event taking place right in front of me, and inevitably it turned out to be the times when I did not have the “real” camera with me. Or I did have it, but it was buried somewhere in a bag, and I knew that the “event” would have disappeared by the time I found the “real&quot; camera and turned it on. By contrast, the smart-phone was <i>always</i> in my pocket (along with my keys and my wallet, it’s one of the three things I consciously grab every time I walk out the door). And I often found that I could turn it on, point it at the photographic scene, and take the picture much faster than I could do the same thing with a “traditional” camera.<br />
<br />
&quot;Meanwhile, smartphone cameras have gotten substantially better in the past few years, from a mechanical/hardware perspective; and the software “intelligence” controlling the camera has become amazingly sophisticated. It’s still not on the same level as a “professional” DSLR camera, but for a large majority of the “average” photographic situations we’re likely to encounter in the unplanned moments of our lives, it’s more and more likely to be “good enough.” The old adage of “the best camera is the one you have with you” is more and more relevant these days. For me, 90% of the success in taking a good photo is simply being in the right place at the right time, being aware that the “photo opportunity” is there, and having a camera — <i>any</i> camera — to take advantage of that opportunity. Only 10% of the time does it matter <i>which</i> camera I’m using, or what technical features I’ve managed to use.<br />
<br />
&quot;And now, with the recent advent of the iPhone5s, there is one more improvement — which, as far as I can tell, simply does not exist in any of the “professional” cameras. You can take an unlimited number of “burst-mode” shots with the new iPhone, simply by keeping your finger on the shutter button; instead of being limited to just six (as a few of the DSLR cameras currently offer), you can take 10, 20, or even a hundred shots. And then — almost magically — the iPhone will show you which one or two of the large burst of photos was optimally sharp and clear. With a couple of clicks, you can then delete everything else, and retain only the very best one or two from the entire burst.<br />
<br />
&quot;With that in mind, I’ve begun using my iPhone5s for more and more “everyday” photo situations out on the street. Since I’m typically photographing ordinary, mundane events, even the one or two “optimal” shots that the camera-phone retains might not be worth showing anyone else … so there is still a lot of pruning and editing to be done, and I’m lucky if 10% of those “optimal” shots are good enough to justify uploading to Flickr and sharing with the rest of the world. Still, it’s an enormous benefit to know that my editing work can begin with photos that are more-or-less “technically” adequate, and that I don’t have to waste even a second reviewing dozens of technically-mediocre shots that are fuzzy, or blurred.<br />
<br />
&quot;Oh, yeah, one other minor benefit of the iPhone5s (and presumably most other current brands of smartphone): it automatically geotags every photo and video, without any special effort on the photographer’s part. Only one of my other big, fat cameras (the Sony Alpha SLT A65) has that feature, and I’ve noticed that almost none of the “new” mirrorless cameras have got a built-in GPS thingy that will perform the geotagging...<br />
<br />
&quot;I’ve had my iPhone5s for a couple of months now, but I’ve only been using the “burst-mode” photography feature aggressively for the past couple of weeks. As a result, the initial batch of photos that I’m uploading are all taken in the greater-NYC area. But as time goes on, and as my normal travel routine takes me to other parts of the world, I hope to add more and more “everyday” scenes in cities that I might not have the opportunity to photograph in a “serious” way.<br />
<br />
**************************<br />
<br />
Okay, so now it’s September of 2014, and I’ve got the iPhone 6. They say that the camera is better, and that the internal camera-related hardware/firmware/software is better, too. Obviously, I’ve got the newer iOS, too, and even on the “old” phones, it now supports time-lapse videos along with everything else.<br />
<br />
I’ve still got my pocket camera (an amazing little Sony ERX-100 Mark III), and two larger cameras (Sony RX-10, and Sony A7), but I have a feeling that I won’t even be taking them out of the camera bag when I’m out on the street for ordinary day-to-day walking around.<br />
<br />
That will depend, obviously, on what kind of photos and videos the iPhone6 is actually capable of taking … so I’m going to try to use it every day, and see what the results look like …<br />
<br />
Like I said last year, “stay tuned…&quot;</p>Mon, 26 Jan 2015 12:39:26 -08002014-12-14T15:15:31-08:00nobody@flickr.com (Ed Yourdon)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/1575289923440.794155 -73.97227540.794155-73.9722752510368Conversation in a coffeeshop window<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
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***************************<br />
<br />
About a year ago, I created Flickr album for photos that I had started taking with my iPhone5s; and now I’m creating a new Flickr album for photos that I’ve begun taking with myiPhone6, which just arrived from T-Mobile this morning.<br />
<br />
In last year’s album, I wrote, &quot;Whether you’re an amateur or professional photographer, it’s hard to walk around with a modern smartphone in your pocket, and <i>not</i> be tempted to use the built-in camera from time-to-time. Veteran photographers typically sneer at such behavior, and most will tell you that they can instantly recognize an iPhone photo, which they mentally reject as being unworthy of any serious attention.<br />
<br />
&quot;After using many earlier models of smartphones over the past several years, I was inclined to agree; after all, I always (well, almost always) had a “real” camera in my pocket (or backpack or camera-bag), and it was <i>always</i> capable of taking a much better photographic image than the mediocre, grainy images shot with a camera-phone. <br />
<br />
&quot;But still … there were a few occasions when I desperately wanted to capture some photo-worthy event taking place right in front of me, and inevitably it turned out to be the times when I did not have the “real” camera with me. Or I did have it, but it was buried somewhere in a bag, and I knew that the “event” would have disappeared by the time I found the “real&quot; camera and turned it on. By contrast, the smart-phone was <i>always</i> in my pocket (along with my keys and my wallet, it’s one of the three things I consciously grab every time I walk out the door). And I often found that I could turn it on, point it at the photographic scene, and take the picture much faster than I could do the same thing with a “traditional” camera.<br />
<br />
&quot;Meanwhile, smartphone cameras have gotten substantially better in the past few years, from a mechanical/hardware perspective; and the software “intelligence” controlling the camera has become amazingly sophisticated. It’s still not on the same level as a “professional” DSLR camera, but for a large majority of the “average” photographic situations we’re likely to encounter in the unplanned moments of our lives, it’s more and more likely to be “good enough.” The old adage of “the best camera is the one you have with you” is more and more relevant these days. For me, 90% of the success in taking a good photo is simply being in the right place at the right time, being aware that the “photo opportunity” is there, and having a camera — <i>any</i> camera — to take advantage of that opportunity. Only 10% of the time does it matter <i>which</i> camera I’m using, or what technical features I’ve managed to use.<br />
<br />
&quot;And now, with the recent advent of the iPhone5s, there is one more improvement — which, as far as I can tell, simply does not exist in any of the “professional” cameras. You can take an unlimited number of “burst-mode” shots with the new iPhone, simply by keeping your finger on the shutter button; instead of being limited to just six (as a few of the DSLR cameras currently offer), you can take 10, 20, or even a hundred shots. And then — almost magically — the iPhone will show you which one or two of the large burst of photos was optimally sharp and clear. With a couple of clicks, you can then delete everything else, and retain only the very best one or two from the entire burst.<br />
<br />
&quot;With that in mind, I’ve begun using my iPhone5s for more and more “everyday” photo situations out on the street. Since I’m typically photographing ordinary, mundane events, even the one or two “optimal” shots that the camera-phone retains might not be worth showing anyone else … so there is still a lot of pruning and editing to be done, and I’m lucky if 10% of those “optimal” shots are good enough to justify uploading to Flickr and sharing with the rest of the world. Still, it’s an enormous benefit to know that my editing work can begin with photos that are more-or-less “technically” adequate, and that I don’t have to waste even a second reviewing dozens of technically-mediocre shots that are fuzzy, or blurred.<br />
<br />
&quot;Oh, yeah, one other minor benefit of the iPhone5s (and presumably most other current brands of smartphone): it automatically geotags every photo and video, without any special effort on the photographer’s part. Only one of my other big, fat cameras (the Sony Alpha SLT A65) has that feature, and I’ve noticed that almost none of the “new” mirrorless cameras have got a built-in GPS thingy that will perform the geotagging...<br />
<br />
&quot;I’ve had my iPhone5s for a couple of months now, but I’ve only been using the “burst-mode” photography feature aggressively for the past couple of weeks. As a result, the initial batch of photos that I’m uploading are all taken in the greater-NYC area. But as time goes on, and as my normal travel routine takes me to other parts of the world, I hope to add more and more “everyday” scenes in cities that I might not have the opportunity to photograph in a “serious” way.<br />
<br />
**************************<br />
<br />
Okay, so now it’s September of 2014, and I’ve got the iPhone 6. They say that the camera is better, and that the internal camera-related hardware/firmware/software is better, too. Obviously, I’ve got the newer iOS, too, and even on the “old” phones, it now supports time-lapse videos along with everything else.<br />
<br />
I’ve still got my pocket camera (an amazing little Sony ERX-100 Mark III), and two larger cameras (Sony RX-10, and Sony A7), but I have a feeling that I won’t even be taking them out of the camera bag when I’m out on the street for ordinary day-to-day walking around.<br />
<br />
That will depend, obviously, on what kind of photos and videos the iPhone6 is actually capable of taking … so I’m going to try to use it every day, and see what the results look like …<br />
<br />
Like I said last year, “stay tuned…&quot;</p>Ed Yourdonnewyork manhattan broadway upperwestside hood peeps iphone6plusbackcamera415mmf22https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.enHow else are you supposed to get a bunch of Christmas tree branches down to Broadway & 88th St.?http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16338057816/
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/yourdon/">Ed Yourdon</a> posted a photo:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16338057816/" title="How else are you supposed to get a bunch of Christmas tree branches down to Broadway &amp; 88th St.?"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8650/16338057816_109105622b_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="How else are you supposed to get a bunch of Christmas tree branches down to Broadway &amp; 88th St.?" /></a></p>
<p>Note: I chose this as my &quot;photo of the day&quot; for Jan 26, 2015.<br />
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This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008 (which you can see in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157606055851360/">this Flickr set</a>), and continued throughout 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 (as shown in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157613264437341/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157623354240519/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157625806809096">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157629251037423/">this Flickr set</a>, and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157633159882457/">this Flickr set</a>)<br />
): a random collection of &quot;interesting&quot; people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. These are the people in my neighborhood, aka &quot;peeps in the 'hood.&quot;<br />
<br />
As I indicated when I first started this project six years ago, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a zoom telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me. Sometimes I find an empty bench on a busy street corner, and just sit quietly for an hour, watching people hustling past on the <i>other</i> side of the street; they're almost always so busy listening to their iPod, or talking on their cellphone, or daydreaming about something, that they never look up and see me aiming my camera in their direction.<br />
<br />
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep my camera switched on, and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject. Indeed, some of my most interesting photos have been so-called &quot;hip shots,&quot; where I don't even bother to raise the camera up to my eye; I just keep the zoom lens set to the maximum wide-angle aperture, point in the general direction of the subject, and take several shots. As long as I can keep the shutter speed fairly high (which sometimes requires a fairly high ISO setting), I can usually get some fairly crisp shots -- even if the subject is walking in one direction, and I'm walking in the other direction, while I'm snapping the photos.<br />
<br />
With only a few exceptions, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are plenty of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. There have been a few opportunities to take some &quot;sympathetic&quot; pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. This is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2905921539/">one example</a>, and here is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/4299779303/">another example</a>.<br />
<br />
The other thing I've noticed, while carrying on this project for the past six years, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, <i>far</i> more people who are <i>not</i> so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... unfortunately, there was just nothing memorable about them. They're all part of this big, crowded city; but for better or worse, there are an awful lot that you won't see in these Flickr sets of mine...</p>Sun, 25 Jan 2015 07:08:12 -08002014-12-21T14:56:22-08:00nobody@flickr.com (Ed Yourdon)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/1633805781640.793493 -73.97283640.793493-73.9728362510368How else are you supposed to get a bunch of Christmas tree branches down to Broadway & 88th St.?<p>Note: I chose this as my &quot;photo of the day&quot; for Jan 26, 2015.<br />
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This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008 (which you can see in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157606055851360/">this Flickr set</a>), and continued throughout 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 (as shown in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157613264437341/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157623354240519/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157625806809096">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157629251037423/">this Flickr set</a>, and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157633159882457/">this Flickr set</a>)<br />
): a random collection of &quot;interesting&quot; people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. These are the people in my neighborhood, aka &quot;peeps in the 'hood.&quot;<br />
<br />
As I indicated when I first started this project six years ago, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a zoom telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me. Sometimes I find an empty bench on a busy street corner, and just sit quietly for an hour, watching people hustling past on the <i>other</i> side of the street; they're almost always so busy listening to their iPod, or talking on their cellphone, or daydreaming about something, that they never look up and see me aiming my camera in their direction.<br />
<br />
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep my camera switched on, and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject. Indeed, some of my most interesting photos have been so-called &quot;hip shots,&quot; where I don't even bother to raise the camera up to my eye; I just keep the zoom lens set to the maximum wide-angle aperture, point in the general direction of the subject, and take several shots. As long as I can keep the shutter speed fairly high (which sometimes requires a fairly high ISO setting), I can usually get some fairly crisp shots -- even if the subject is walking in one direction, and I'm walking in the other direction, while I'm snapping the photos.<br />
<br />
With only a few exceptions, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are plenty of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. There have been a few opportunities to take some &quot;sympathetic&quot; pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. This is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2905921539/">one example</a>, and here is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/4299779303/">another example</a>.<br />
<br />
The other thing I've noticed, while carrying on this project for the past six years, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, <i>far</i> more people who are <i>not</i> so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... unfortunately, there was just nothing memorable about them. They're all part of this big, crowded city; but for better or worse, there are an awful lot that you won't see in these Flickr sets of mine...</p>Ed Yourdonnewyork manhattan broadway upperwestside hood peeps grocerycarthttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.enIn case you didn't notice: it was a cold day when this photo was taken!http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16362282671/
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/yourdon/">Ed Yourdon</a> posted a photo:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16362282671/" title="In case you didn't notice: it was a cold day when this photo was taken!"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7411/16362282671_a2e19cd7dd_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="In case you didn't notice: it was a cold day when this photo was taken!" /></a></p>
<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
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<br />
This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008 (which you can see in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157606055851360/">this Flickr set</a>), and continued throughout 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 (as shown in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157613264437341/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157623354240519/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157625806809096">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157629251037423/">this Flickr set</a>, and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157633159882457/">this Flickr set</a>)<br />
): a random collection of &quot;interesting&quot; people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. These are the people in my neighborhood, aka &quot;peeps in the 'hood.&quot;<br />
<br />
As I indicated when I first started this project six years ago, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a zoom telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me. Sometimes I find an empty bench on a busy street corner, and just sit quietly for an hour, watching people hustling past on the <i>other</i> side of the street; they're almost always so busy listening to their iPod, or talking on their cellphone, or daydreaming about something, that they never look up and see me aiming my camera in their direction.<br />
<br />
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep my camera switched on, and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject. Indeed, some of my most interesting photos have been so-called &quot;hip shots,&quot; where I don't even bother to raise the camera up to my eye; I just keep the zoom lens set to the maximum wide-angle aperture, point in the general direction of the subject, and take several shots. As long as I can keep the shutter speed fairly high (which sometimes requires a fairly high ISO setting), I can usually get some fairly crisp shots -- even if the subject is walking in one direction, and I'm walking in the other direction, while I'm snapping the photos.<br />
<br />
With only a few exceptions, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are plenty of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. There have been a few opportunities to take some &quot;sympathetic&quot; pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. This is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2905921539/">one example</a>, and here is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/4299779303/">another example</a>.<br />
<br />
The other thing I've noticed, while carrying on this project for the past six years, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, <i>far</i> more people who are <i>not</i> so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... unfortunately, there was just nothing memorable about them. They're all part of this big, crowded city; but for better or worse, there are an awful lot that you won't see in these Flickr sets of mine...</p>Sun, 25 Jan 2015 07:07:30 -08002014-12-21T12:57:05-08:00nobody@flickr.com (Ed Yourdon)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/1636228267140.792189 -73.97380040.792189-73.9738002510368In case you didn't notice: it was a cold day when this photo was taken!<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
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<br />
This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008 (which you can see in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157606055851360/">this Flickr set</a>), and continued throughout 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 (as shown in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157613264437341/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157623354240519/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157625806809096">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157629251037423/">this Flickr set</a>, and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157633159882457/">this Flickr set</a>)<br />
): a random collection of &quot;interesting&quot; people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. These are the people in my neighborhood, aka &quot;peeps in the 'hood.&quot;<br />
<br />
As I indicated when I first started this project six years ago, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a zoom telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me. Sometimes I find an empty bench on a busy street corner, and just sit quietly for an hour, watching people hustling past on the <i>other</i> side of the street; they're almost always so busy listening to their iPod, or talking on their cellphone, or daydreaming about something, that they never look up and see me aiming my camera in their direction.<br />
<br />
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep my camera switched on, and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject. Indeed, some of my most interesting photos have been so-called &quot;hip shots,&quot; where I don't even bother to raise the camera up to my eye; I just keep the zoom lens set to the maximum wide-angle aperture, point in the general direction of the subject, and take several shots. As long as I can keep the shutter speed fairly high (which sometimes requires a fairly high ISO setting), I can usually get some fairly crisp shots -- even if the subject is walking in one direction, and I'm walking in the other direction, while I'm snapping the photos.<br />
<br />
With only a few exceptions, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are plenty of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. There have been a few opportunities to take some &quot;sympathetic&quot; pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. This is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2905921539/">one example</a>, and here is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/4299779303/">another example</a>.<br />
<br />
The other thing I've noticed, while carrying on this project for the past six years, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, <i>far</i> more people who are <i>not</i> so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... unfortunately, there was just nothing memorable about them. They're all part of this big, crowded city; but for better or worse, there are an awful lot that you won't see in these Flickr sets of mine...</p>Ed Yourdonnewyork sunglasses manhattan broadway gloves upperwestside hood peepshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.enEveryone is happy in this family ... except the dog.http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16362278211/
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/yourdon/">Ed Yourdon</a> posted a photo:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16362278211/" title="Everyone is happy in this family ... except the dog."><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7292/16362278211_89b212c3c3_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Everyone is happy in this family ... except the dog." /></a></p>
<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
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<br />
This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008 (which you can see in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157606055851360/">this Flickr set</a>), and continued throughout 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 (as shown in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157613264437341/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157623354240519/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157625806809096">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157629251037423/">this Flickr set</a>, and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157633159882457/">this Flickr set</a>)<br />
): a random collection of &quot;interesting&quot; people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. These are the people in my neighborhood, aka &quot;peeps in the 'hood.&quot;<br />
<br />
As I indicated when I first started this project six years ago, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a zoom telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me. Sometimes I find an empty bench on a busy street corner, and just sit quietly for an hour, watching people hustling past on the <i>other</i> side of the street; they're almost always so busy listening to their iPod, or talking on their cellphone, or daydreaming about something, that they never look up and see me aiming my camera in their direction.<br />
<br />
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep my camera switched on, and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject. Indeed, some of my most interesting photos have been so-called &quot;hip shots,&quot; where I don't even bother to raise the camera up to my eye; I just keep the zoom lens set to the maximum wide-angle aperture, point in the general direction of the subject, and take several shots. As long as I can keep the shutter speed fairly high (which sometimes requires a fairly high ISO setting), I can usually get some fairly crisp shots -- even if the subject is walking in one direction, and I'm walking in the other direction, while I'm snapping the photos.<br />
<br />
With only a few exceptions, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are plenty of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. There have been a few opportunities to take some &quot;sympathetic&quot; pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. This is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2905921539/">one example</a>, and here is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/4299779303/">another example</a>.<br />
<br />
The other thing I've noticed, while carrying on this project for the past six years, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, <i>far</i> more people who are <i>not</i> so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... unfortunately, there was just nothing memorable about them. They're all part of this big, crowded city; but for better or worse, there are an awful lot that you won't see in these Flickr sets of mine...</p>Sun, 25 Jan 2015 07:07:00 -08002014-12-21T12:55:01-08:00nobody@flickr.com (Ed Yourdon)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/1636227821140.792237 -73.97380240.792237-73.9738022510368Everyone is happy in this family ... except the dog.<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
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<br />
This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008 (which you can see in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157606055851360/">this Flickr set</a>), and continued throughout 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 (as shown in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157613264437341/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157623354240519/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157625806809096">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157629251037423/">this Flickr set</a>, and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157633159882457/">this Flickr set</a>)<br />
): a random collection of &quot;interesting&quot; people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. These are the people in my neighborhood, aka &quot;peeps in the 'hood.&quot;<br />
<br />
As I indicated when I first started this project six years ago, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a zoom telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me. Sometimes I find an empty bench on a busy street corner, and just sit quietly for an hour, watching people hustling past on the <i>other</i> side of the street; they're almost always so busy listening to their iPod, or talking on their cellphone, or daydreaming about something, that they never look up and see me aiming my camera in their direction.<br />
<br />
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep my camera switched on, and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject. Indeed, some of my most interesting photos have been so-called &quot;hip shots,&quot; where I don't even bother to raise the camera up to my eye; I just keep the zoom lens set to the maximum wide-angle aperture, point in the general direction of the subject, and take several shots. As long as I can keep the shutter speed fairly high (which sometimes requires a fairly high ISO setting), I can usually get some fairly crisp shots -- even if the subject is walking in one direction, and I'm walking in the other direction, while I'm snapping the photos.<br />
<br />
With only a few exceptions, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are plenty of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. There have been a few opportunities to take some &quot;sympathetic&quot; pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. This is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2905921539/">one example</a>, and here is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/4299779303/">another example</a>.<br />
<br />
The other thing I've noticed, while carrying on this project for the past six years, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, <i>far</i> more people who are <i>not</i> so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... unfortunately, there was just nothing memorable about them. They're all part of this big, crowded city; but for better or worse, there are an awful lot that you won't see in these Flickr sets of mine...</p>Ed Yourdondog newyork manhattan broadway jacket upperwestside hood leash peepshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.enNone of this looks normal. Especially the blue shoeshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16178123937/
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/yourdon/">Ed Yourdon</a> posted a photo:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16178123937/" title="None of this looks normal. Especially the blue shoes"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7338/16178123937_f1b92fee96_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="None of this looks normal. Especially the blue shoes" /></a></p>
<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
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<br />
This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008 (which you can see in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157606055851360/">this Flickr set</a>), and continued throughout 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 (as shown in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157613264437341/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157623354240519/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157625806809096">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157629251037423/">this Flickr set</a>, and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157633159882457/">this Flickr set</a>)<br />
): a random collection of &quot;interesting&quot; people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. These are the people in my neighborhood, aka &quot;peeps in the 'hood.&quot;<br />
<br />
As I indicated when I first started this project six years ago, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a zoom telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me. Sometimes I find an empty bench on a busy street corner, and just sit quietly for an hour, watching people hustling past on the <i>other</i> side of the street; they're almost always so busy listening to their iPod, or talking on their cellphone, or daydreaming about something, that they never look up and see me aiming my camera in their direction.<br />
<br />
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep my camera switched on, and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject. Indeed, some of my most interesting photos have been so-called &quot;hip shots,&quot; where I don't even bother to raise the camera up to my eye; I just keep the zoom lens set to the maximum wide-angle aperture, point in the general direction of the subject, and take several shots. As long as I can keep the shutter speed fairly high (which sometimes requires a fairly high ISO setting), I can usually get some fairly crisp shots -- even if the subject is walking in one direction, and I'm walking in the other direction, while I'm snapping the photos.<br />
<br />
With only a few exceptions, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are plenty of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. There have been a few opportunities to take some &quot;sympathetic&quot; pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. This is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2905921539/">one example</a>, and here is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/4299779303/">another example</a>.<br />
<br />
The other thing I've noticed, while carrying on this project for the past six years, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, <i>far</i> more people who are <i>not</i> so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... unfortunately, there was just nothing memorable about them. They're all part of this big, crowded city; but for better or worse, there are an awful lot that you won't see in these Flickr sets of mine...</p>Sun, 25 Jan 2015 07:06:36 -08002014-12-21T12:54:46-08:00nobody@flickr.com (Ed Yourdon)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/1617812393740.792268 -73.97377540.792268-73.9737752510368None of this looks normal. Especially the blue shoes<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
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<br />
This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008 (which you can see in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157606055851360/">this Flickr set</a>), and continued throughout 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 (as shown in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157613264437341/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157623354240519/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157625806809096">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157629251037423/">this Flickr set</a>, and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157633159882457/">this Flickr set</a>)<br />
): a random collection of &quot;interesting&quot; people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. These are the people in my neighborhood, aka &quot;peeps in the 'hood.&quot;<br />
<br />
As I indicated when I first started this project six years ago, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a zoom telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me. Sometimes I find an empty bench on a busy street corner, and just sit quietly for an hour, watching people hustling past on the <i>other</i> side of the street; they're almost always so busy listening to their iPod, or talking on their cellphone, or daydreaming about something, that they never look up and see me aiming my camera in their direction.<br />
<br />
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep my camera switched on, and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject. Indeed, some of my most interesting photos have been so-called &quot;hip shots,&quot; where I don't even bother to raise the camera up to my eye; I just keep the zoom lens set to the maximum wide-angle aperture, point in the general direction of the subject, and take several shots. As long as I can keep the shutter speed fairly high (which sometimes requires a fairly high ISO setting), I can usually get some fairly crisp shots -- even if the subject is walking in one direction, and I'm walking in the other direction, while I'm snapping the photos.<br />
<br />
With only a few exceptions, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are plenty of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. There have been a few opportunities to take some &quot;sympathetic&quot; pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. This is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2905921539/">one example</a>, and here is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/4299779303/">another example</a>.<br />
<br />
The other thing I've noticed, while carrying on this project for the past six years, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, <i>far</i> more people who are <i>not</i> so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... unfortunately, there was just nothing memorable about them. They're all part of this big, crowded city; but for better or worse, there are an awful lot that you won't see in these Flickr sets of mine...</p>Ed Yourdonnewyork manhattan broadway upperwestside hood peeps blueshoeshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.enFur hats will make anyone smile...http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16364005015/
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/yourdon/">Ed Yourdon</a> posted a photo:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16364005015/" title="Fur hats will make anyone smile..."><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8595/16364005015_654094b9a9_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Fur hats will make anyone smile..." /></a></p>
<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
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<br />
This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008 (which you can see in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157606055851360/">this Flickr set</a>), and continued throughout 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 (as shown in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157613264437341/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157623354240519/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157625806809096">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157629251037423/">this Flickr set</a>, and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157633159882457/">this Flickr set</a>)<br />
): a random collection of &quot;interesting&quot; people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. These are the people in my neighborhood, aka &quot;peeps in the 'hood.&quot;<br />
<br />
As I indicated when I first started this project six years ago, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a zoom telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me. Sometimes I find an empty bench on a busy street corner, and just sit quietly for an hour, watching people hustling past on the <i>other</i> side of the street; they're almost always so busy listening to their iPod, or talking on their cellphone, or daydreaming about something, that they never look up and see me aiming my camera in their direction.<br />
<br />
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep my camera switched on, and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject. Indeed, some of my most interesting photos have been so-called &quot;hip shots,&quot; where I don't even bother to raise the camera up to my eye; I just keep the zoom lens set to the maximum wide-angle aperture, point in the general direction of the subject, and take several shots. As long as I can keep the shutter speed fairly high (which sometimes requires a fairly high ISO setting), I can usually get some fairly crisp shots -- even if the subject is walking in one direction, and I'm walking in the other direction, while I'm snapping the photos.<br />
<br />
With only a few exceptions, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are plenty of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. There have been a few opportunities to take some &quot;sympathetic&quot; pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. This is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2905921539/">one example</a>, and here is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/4299779303/">another example</a>.<br />
<br />
The other thing I've noticed, while carrying on this project for the past six years, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, <i>far</i> more people who are <i>not</i> so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... unfortunately, there was just nothing memorable about them. They're all part of this big, crowded city; but for better or worse, there are an awful lot that you won't see in these Flickr sets of mine...</p>Sun, 25 Jan 2015 07:05:57 -08002014-12-21T12:53:25-08:00nobody@flickr.com (Ed Yourdon)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/1636400501540.792411 -73.97377240.792411-73.9737722510368Fur hats will make anyone smile...<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
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************************<br />
<br />
This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008 (which you can see in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157606055851360/">this Flickr set</a>), and continued throughout 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 (as shown in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157613264437341/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157623354240519/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157625806809096">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157629251037423/">this Flickr set</a>, and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157633159882457/">this Flickr set</a>)<br />
): a random collection of &quot;interesting&quot; people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. These are the people in my neighborhood, aka &quot;peeps in the 'hood.&quot;<br />
<br />
As I indicated when I first started this project six years ago, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a zoom telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me. Sometimes I find an empty bench on a busy street corner, and just sit quietly for an hour, watching people hustling past on the <i>other</i> side of the street; they're almost always so busy listening to their iPod, or talking on their cellphone, or daydreaming about something, that they never look up and see me aiming my camera in their direction.<br />
<br />
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep my camera switched on, and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject. Indeed, some of my most interesting photos have been so-called &quot;hip shots,&quot; where I don't even bother to raise the camera up to my eye; I just keep the zoom lens set to the maximum wide-angle aperture, point in the general direction of the subject, and take several shots. As long as I can keep the shutter speed fairly high (which sometimes requires a fairly high ISO setting), I can usually get some fairly crisp shots -- even if the subject is walking in one direction, and I'm walking in the other direction, while I'm snapping the photos.<br />
<br />
With only a few exceptions, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are plenty of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. There have been a few opportunities to take some &quot;sympathetic&quot; pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. This is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2905921539/">one example</a>, and here is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/4299779303/">another example</a>.<br />
<br />
The other thing I've noticed, while carrying on this project for the past six years, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, <i>far</i> more people who are <i>not</i> so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... unfortunately, there was just nothing memorable about them. They're all part of this big, crowded city; but for better or worse, there are an awful lot that you won't see in these Flickr sets of mine...</p>Ed Yourdonnewyork manhattan broadway upperwestside hood peeps furhathttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.enEven bicycles stop for pigeonshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/15734918403/
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/yourdon/">Ed Yourdon</a> posted a photo:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/15734918403/" title="Even bicycles stop for pigeons"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7435/15734918403_4a5011445f_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Even bicycles stop for pigeons" /></a></p>
<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
<br />
************************<br />
<br />
This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008 (which you can see in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157606055851360/">this Flickr set</a>), and continued throughout 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 (as shown in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157613264437341/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157623354240519/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157625806809096">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157629251037423/">this Flickr set</a>, and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157633159882457/">this Flickr set</a>)<br />
): a random collection of &quot;interesting&quot; people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. These are the people in my neighborhood, aka &quot;peeps in the 'hood.&quot;<br />
<br />
As I indicated when I first started this project six years ago, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a zoom telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me. Sometimes I find an empty bench on a busy street corner, and just sit quietly for an hour, watching people hustling past on the <i>other</i> side of the street; they're almost always so busy listening to their iPod, or talking on their cellphone, or daydreaming about something, that they never look up and see me aiming my camera in their direction.<br />
<br />
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep my camera switched on, and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject. Indeed, some of my most interesting photos have been so-called &quot;hip shots,&quot; where I don't even bother to raise the camera up to my eye; I just keep the zoom lens set to the maximum wide-angle aperture, point in the general direction of the subject, and take several shots. As long as I can keep the shutter speed fairly high (which sometimes requires a fairly high ISO setting), I can usually get some fairly crisp shots -- even if the subject is walking in one direction, and I'm walking in the other direction, while I'm snapping the photos.<br />
<br />
With only a few exceptions, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are plenty of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. There have been a few opportunities to take some &quot;sympathetic&quot; pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. This is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2905921539/">one example</a>, and here is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/4299779303/">another example</a>.<br />
<br />
The other thing I've noticed, while carrying on this project for the past six years, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, <i>far</i> more people who are <i>not</i> so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... unfortunately, there was just nothing memorable about them. They're all part of this big, crowded city; but for better or worse, there are an awful lot that you won't see in these Flickr sets of mine...</p>Sat, 24 Jan 2015 06:04:30 -08002014-12-21T12:41:09-08:00nobody@flickr.com (Ed Yourdon)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/1573491840340.794021 -73.97231140.794021-73.9723112510368Even bicycles stop for pigeons<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
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<br />
This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008 (which you can see in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157606055851360/">this Flickr set</a>), and continued throughout 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 (as shown in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157613264437341/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157623354240519/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157625806809096">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157629251037423/">this Flickr set</a>, and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157633159882457/">this Flickr set</a>)<br />
): a random collection of &quot;interesting&quot; people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. These are the people in my neighborhood, aka &quot;peeps in the 'hood.&quot;<br />
<br />
As I indicated when I first started this project six years ago, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a zoom telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me. Sometimes I find an empty bench on a busy street corner, and just sit quietly for an hour, watching people hustling past on the <i>other</i> side of the street; they're almost always so busy listening to their iPod, or talking on their cellphone, or daydreaming about something, that they never look up and see me aiming my camera in their direction.<br />
<br />
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep my camera switched on, and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject. Indeed, some of my most interesting photos have been so-called &quot;hip shots,&quot; where I don't even bother to raise the camera up to my eye; I just keep the zoom lens set to the maximum wide-angle aperture, point in the general direction of the subject, and take several shots. As long as I can keep the shutter speed fairly high (which sometimes requires a fairly high ISO setting), I can usually get some fairly crisp shots -- even if the subject is walking in one direction, and I'm walking in the other direction, while I'm snapping the photos.<br />
<br />
With only a few exceptions, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are plenty of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. There have been a few opportunities to take some &quot;sympathetic&quot; pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. This is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2905921539/">one example</a>, and here is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/4299779303/">another example</a>.<br />
<br />
The other thing I've noticed, while carrying on this project for the past six years, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, <i>far</i> more people who are <i>not</i> so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... unfortunately, there was just nothing memorable about them. They're all part of this big, crowded city; but for better or worse, there are an awful lot that you won't see in these Flickr sets of mine...</p>Ed Yourdonnewyork broadway upperwestside hood peepshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.enIt's not clear why anyone needs sunglasses on a day like today ...http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16328928786/
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/yourdon/">Ed Yourdon</a> posted a photo:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16328928786/" title="It's not clear why anyone needs sunglasses on a day like today ..."><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7341/16328928786_ba99f014e3_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="It's not clear why anyone needs sunglasses on a day like today ..." /></a></p>
<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
<br />
************************<br />
<br />
This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008 (which you can see in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157606055851360/">this Flickr set</a>), and continued throughout 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 (as shown in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157613264437341/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157623354240519/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157625806809096">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157629251037423/">this Flickr set</a>, and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157633159882457/">this Flickr set</a>)<br />
): a random collection of &quot;interesting&quot; people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. These are the people in my neighborhood, aka &quot;peeps in the 'hood.&quot;<br />
<br />
As I indicated when I first started this project six years ago, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a zoom telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me. Sometimes I find an empty bench on a busy street corner, and just sit quietly for an hour, watching people hustling past on the <i>other</i> side of the street; they're almost always so busy listening to their iPod, or talking on their cellphone, or daydreaming about something, that they never look up and see me aiming my camera in their direction.<br />
<br />
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep my camera switched on, and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject. Indeed, some of my most interesting photos have been so-called &quot;hip shots,&quot; where I don't even bother to raise the camera up to my eye; I just keep the zoom lens set to the maximum wide-angle aperture, point in the general direction of the subject, and take several shots. As long as I can keep the shutter speed fairly high (which sometimes requires a fairly high ISO setting), I can usually get some fairly crisp shots -- even if the subject is walking in one direction, and I'm walking in the other direction, while I'm snapping the photos.<br />
<br />
With only a few exceptions, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are plenty of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. There have been a few opportunities to take some &quot;sympathetic&quot; pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. This is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2905921539/">one example</a>, and here is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/4299779303/">another example</a>.<br />
<br />
The other thing I've noticed, while carrying on this project for the past six years, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, <i>far</i> more people who are <i>not</i> so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... unfortunately, there was just nothing memorable about them. They're all part of this big, crowded city; but for better or worse, there are an awful lot that you won't see in these Flickr sets of mine...</p>Sat, 24 Jan 2015 06:05:39 -08002014-12-21T12:52:52-08:00nobody@flickr.com (Ed Yourdon)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/1632892878640.792206 -73.97379540.792206-73.9737952510368It's not clear why anyone needs sunglasses on a day like today ...<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
<br />
************************<br />
<br />
This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008 (which you can see in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157606055851360/">this Flickr set</a>), and continued throughout 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 (as shown in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157613264437341/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157623354240519/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157625806809096">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157629251037423/">this Flickr set</a>, and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157633159882457/">this Flickr set</a>)<br />
): a random collection of &quot;interesting&quot; people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. These are the people in my neighborhood, aka &quot;peeps in the 'hood.&quot;<br />
<br />
As I indicated when I first started this project six years ago, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a zoom telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me. Sometimes I find an empty bench on a busy street corner, and just sit quietly for an hour, watching people hustling past on the <i>other</i> side of the street; they're almost always so busy listening to their iPod, or talking on their cellphone, or daydreaming about something, that they never look up and see me aiming my camera in their direction.<br />
<br />
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep my camera switched on, and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject. Indeed, some of my most interesting photos have been so-called &quot;hip shots,&quot; where I don't even bother to raise the camera up to my eye; I just keep the zoom lens set to the maximum wide-angle aperture, point in the general direction of the subject, and take several shots. As long as I can keep the shutter speed fairly high (which sometimes requires a fairly high ISO setting), I can usually get some fairly crisp shots -- even if the subject is walking in one direction, and I'm walking in the other direction, while I'm snapping the photos.<br />
<br />
With only a few exceptions, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are plenty of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. There have been a few opportunities to take some &quot;sympathetic&quot; pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. This is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2905921539/">one example</a>, and here is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/4299779303/">another example</a>.<br />
<br />
The other thing I've noticed, while carrying on this project for the past six years, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, <i>far</i> more people who are <i>not</i> so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... unfortunately, there was just nothing memorable about them. They're all part of this big, crowded city; but for better or worse, there are an awful lot that you won't see in these Flickr sets of mine...</p>Ed Yourdonnewyork broadway upperwestside hood peepshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.enPeople wear funny hats in the winterhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16167282958/
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/yourdon/">Ed Yourdon</a> posted a photo:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16167282958/" title="People wear funny hats in the winter"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8674/16167282958_7ca16ff5b8_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="People wear funny hats in the winter" /></a></p>
<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
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<br />
This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008 (which you can see in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157606055851360/">this Flickr set</a>), and continued throughout 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 (as shown in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157613264437341/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157623354240519/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157625806809096">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157629251037423/">this Flickr set</a>, and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157633159882457/">this Flickr set</a>)<br />
): a random collection of &quot;interesting&quot; people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. These are the people in my neighborhood, aka &quot;peeps in the 'hood.&quot;<br />
<br />
As I indicated when I first started this project six years ago, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a zoom telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me. Sometimes I find an empty bench on a busy street corner, and just sit quietly for an hour, watching people hustling past on the <i>other</i> side of the street; they're almost always so busy listening to their iPod, or talking on their cellphone, or daydreaming about something, that they never look up and see me aiming my camera in their direction.<br />
<br />
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep my camera switched on, and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject. Indeed, some of my most interesting photos have been so-called &quot;hip shots,&quot; where I don't even bother to raise the camera up to my eye; I just keep the zoom lens set to the maximum wide-angle aperture, point in the general direction of the subject, and take several shots. As long as I can keep the shutter speed fairly high (which sometimes requires a fairly high ISO setting), I can usually get some fairly crisp shots -- even if the subject is walking in one direction, and I'm walking in the other direction, while I'm snapping the photos.<br />
<br />
With only a few exceptions, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are plenty of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. There have been a few opportunities to take some &quot;sympathetic&quot; pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. This is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2905921539/">one example</a>, and here is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/4299779303/">another example</a>.<br />
<br />
The other thing I've noticed, while carrying on this project for the past six years, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, <i>far</i> more people who are <i>not</i> so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... unfortunately, there was just nothing memorable about them. They're all part of this big, crowded city; but for better or worse, there are an awful lot that you won't see in these Flickr sets of mine...</p>Sat, 24 Jan 2015 06:05:17 -08002014-12-21T12:52:04-08:00nobody@flickr.com (Ed Yourdon)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/1616728295840.793075 -73.97318540.793075-73.9731852510368People wear funny hats in the winter<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
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<br />
This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008 (which you can see in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157606055851360/">this Flickr set</a>), and continued throughout 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 (as shown in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157613264437341/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157623354240519/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157625806809096">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157629251037423/">this Flickr set</a>, and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157633159882457/">this Flickr set</a>)<br />
): a random collection of &quot;interesting&quot; people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. These are the people in my neighborhood, aka &quot;peeps in the 'hood.&quot;<br />
<br />
As I indicated when I first started this project six years ago, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a zoom telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me. Sometimes I find an empty bench on a busy street corner, and just sit quietly for an hour, watching people hustling past on the <i>other</i> side of the street; they're almost always so busy listening to their iPod, or talking on their cellphone, or daydreaming about something, that they never look up and see me aiming my camera in their direction.<br />
<br />
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep my camera switched on, and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject. Indeed, some of my most interesting photos have been so-called &quot;hip shots,&quot; where I don't even bother to raise the camera up to my eye; I just keep the zoom lens set to the maximum wide-angle aperture, point in the general direction of the subject, and take several shots. As long as I can keep the shutter speed fairly high (which sometimes requires a fairly high ISO setting), I can usually get some fairly crisp shots -- even if the subject is walking in one direction, and I'm walking in the other direction, while I'm snapping the photos.<br />
<br />
With only a few exceptions, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are plenty of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. There have been a few opportunities to take some &quot;sympathetic&quot; pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. This is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2905921539/">one example</a>, and here is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/4299779303/">another example</a>.<br />
<br />
The other thing I've noticed, while carrying on this project for the past six years, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, <i>far</i> more people who are <i>not</i> so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... unfortunately, there was just nothing memorable about them. They're all part of this big, crowded city; but for better or worse, there are an awful lot that you won't see in these Flickr sets of mine...</p>Ed Yourdonnewyork broadway upperwestside hood peepshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.enFresh flowers don't last very long in cold weather ...http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16167275008/
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/yourdon/">Ed Yourdon</a> posted a photo:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16167275008/" title="Fresh flowers don't last very long in cold weather ..."><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7357/16167275008_3aeb418cd5_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Fresh flowers don't last very long in cold weather ..." /></a></p>
<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
<br />
************************<br />
<br />
This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008 (which you can see in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157606055851360/">this Flickr set</a>), and continued throughout 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 (as shown in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157613264437341/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157623354240519/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157625806809096">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157629251037423/">this Flickr set</a>, and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157633159882457/">this Flickr set</a>)<br />
): a random collection of &quot;interesting&quot; people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. These are the people in my neighborhood, aka &quot;peeps in the 'hood.&quot;<br />
<br />
As I indicated when I first started this project six years ago, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a zoom telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me. Sometimes I find an empty bench on a busy street corner, and just sit quietly for an hour, watching people hustling past on the <i>other</i> side of the street; they're almost always so busy listening to their iPod, or talking on their cellphone, or daydreaming about something, that they never look up and see me aiming my camera in their direction.<br />
<br />
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep my camera switched on, and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject. Indeed, some of my most interesting photos have been so-called &quot;hip shots,&quot; where I don't even bother to raise the camera up to my eye; I just keep the zoom lens set to the maximum wide-angle aperture, point in the general direction of the subject, and take several shots. As long as I can keep the shutter speed fairly high (which sometimes requires a fairly high ISO setting), I can usually get some fairly crisp shots -- even if the subject is walking in one direction, and I'm walking in the other direction, while I'm snapping the photos.<br />
<br />
With only a few exceptions, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are plenty of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. There have been a few opportunities to take some &quot;sympathetic&quot; pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. This is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2905921539/">one example</a>, and here is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/4299779303/">another example</a>.<br />
<br />
The other thing I've noticed, while carrying on this project for the past six years, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, <i>far</i> more people who are <i>not</i> so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... unfortunately, there was just nothing memorable about them. They're all part of this big, crowded city; but for better or worse, there are an awful lot that you won't see in these Flickr sets of mine...</p>Sat, 24 Jan 2015 06:03:53 -08002014-12-21T12:40:58-08:00nobody@flickr.com (Ed Yourdon)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/1616727500840.794767 -73.97177640.794767-73.9717762510368Fresh flowers don't last very long in cold weather ...<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
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************************<br />
<br />
This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008 (which you can see in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157606055851360/">this Flickr set</a>), and continued throughout 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 (as shown in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157613264437341/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157623354240519/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157625806809096">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157629251037423/">this Flickr set</a>, and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157633159882457/">this Flickr set</a>)<br />
): a random collection of &quot;interesting&quot; people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. These are the people in my neighborhood, aka &quot;peeps in the 'hood.&quot;<br />
<br />
As I indicated when I first started this project six years ago, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a zoom telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me. Sometimes I find an empty bench on a busy street corner, and just sit quietly for an hour, watching people hustling past on the <i>other</i> side of the street; they're almost always so busy listening to their iPod, or talking on their cellphone, or daydreaming about something, that they never look up and see me aiming my camera in their direction.<br />
<br />
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep my camera switched on, and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject. Indeed, some of my most interesting photos have been so-called &quot;hip shots,&quot; where I don't even bother to raise the camera up to my eye; I just keep the zoom lens set to the maximum wide-angle aperture, point in the general direction of the subject, and take several shots. As long as I can keep the shutter speed fairly high (which sometimes requires a fairly high ISO setting), I can usually get some fairly crisp shots -- even if the subject is walking in one direction, and I'm walking in the other direction, while I'm snapping the photos.<br />
<br />
With only a few exceptions, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are plenty of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. There have been a few opportunities to take some &quot;sympathetic&quot; pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. This is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2905921539/">one example</a>, and here is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/4299779303/">another example</a>.<br />
<br />
The other thing I've noticed, while carrying on this project for the past six years, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, <i>far</i> more people who are <i>not</i> so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... unfortunately, there was just nothing memorable about them. They're all part of this big, crowded city; but for better or worse, there are an awful lot that you won't see in these Flickr sets of mine...</p>Ed Yourdonflowers newyork broadway upperwestside hood peeps citibank freshflowershttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.enSomehow, black doesn't look so fashionable any more ...http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16354873715/
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/yourdon/">Ed Yourdon</a> posted a photo:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16354873715/" title="Somehow, black doesn't look so fashionable any more ..."><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7387/16354873715_a276b7852e_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Somehow, black doesn't look so fashionable any more ..." /></a></p>
<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
<br />
************************<br />
<br />
This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008 (which you can see in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157606055851360/">this Flickr set</a>), and continued throughout 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 (as shown in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157613264437341/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157623354240519/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157625806809096">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157629251037423/">this Flickr set</a>, and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157633159882457/">this Flickr set</a>)<br />
): a random collection of &quot;interesting&quot; people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. These are the people in my neighborhood, aka &quot;peeps in the 'hood.&quot;<br />
<br />
As I indicated when I first started this project six years ago, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a zoom telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me. Sometimes I find an empty bench on a busy street corner, and just sit quietly for an hour, watching people hustling past on the <i>other</i> side of the street; they're almost always so busy listening to their iPod, or talking on their cellphone, or daydreaming about something, that they never look up and see me aiming my camera in their direction.<br />
<br />
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep my camera switched on, and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject. Indeed, some of my most interesting photos have been so-called &quot;hip shots,&quot; where I don't even bother to raise the camera up to my eye; I just keep the zoom lens set to the maximum wide-angle aperture, point in the general direction of the subject, and take several shots. As long as I can keep the shutter speed fairly high (which sometimes requires a fairly high ISO setting), I can usually get some fairly crisp shots -- even if the subject is walking in one direction, and I'm walking in the other direction, while I'm snapping the photos.<br />
<br />
With only a few exceptions, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are plenty of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. There have been a few opportunities to take some &quot;sympathetic&quot; pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. This is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2905921539/">one example</a>, and here is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/4299779303/">another example</a>.<br />
<br />
The other thing I've noticed, while carrying on this project for the past six years, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, <i>far</i> more people who are <i>not</i> so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... unfortunately, there was just nothing memorable about them. They're all part of this big, crowded city; but for better or worse, there are an awful lot that you won't see in these Flickr sets of mine...</p>Sat, 24 Jan 2015 06:05:00 -08002014-12-21T12:41:25-08:00nobody@flickr.com (Ed Yourdon)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/1635487371540.794678 -73.97196440.794678-73.9719642510368Somehow, black doesn't look so fashionable any more ...<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
<br />
************************<br />
<br />
This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008 (which you can see in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157606055851360/">this Flickr set</a>), and continued throughout 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 (as shown in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157613264437341/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157623354240519/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157625806809096">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157629251037423/">this Flickr set</a>, and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157633159882457/">this Flickr set</a>)<br />
): a random collection of &quot;interesting&quot; people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. These are the people in my neighborhood, aka &quot;peeps in the 'hood.&quot;<br />
<br />
As I indicated when I first started this project six years ago, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a zoom telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me. Sometimes I find an empty bench on a busy street corner, and just sit quietly for an hour, watching people hustling past on the <i>other</i> side of the street; they're almost always so busy listening to their iPod, or talking on their cellphone, or daydreaming about something, that they never look up and see me aiming my camera in their direction.<br />
<br />
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep my camera switched on, and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject. Indeed, some of my most interesting photos have been so-called &quot;hip shots,&quot; where I don't even bother to raise the camera up to my eye; I just keep the zoom lens set to the maximum wide-angle aperture, point in the general direction of the subject, and take several shots. As long as I can keep the shutter speed fairly high (which sometimes requires a fairly high ISO setting), I can usually get some fairly crisp shots -- even if the subject is walking in one direction, and I'm walking in the other direction, while I'm snapping the photos.<br />
<br />
With only a few exceptions, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are plenty of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. There have been a few opportunities to take some &quot;sympathetic&quot; pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. This is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2905921539/">one example</a>, and here is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/4299779303/">another example</a>.<br />
<br />
The other thing I've noticed, while carrying on this project for the past six years, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, <i>far</i> more people who are <i>not</i> so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... unfortunately, there was just nothing memorable about them. They're all part of this big, crowded city; but for better or worse, there are an awful lot that you won't see in these Flickr sets of mine...</p>Ed Yourdonnewyork broadway upperwestside hood peeps brightpants brightleggingshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.enThe latest NY fashion: mis-matched gloveshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16161774927/
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/yourdon/">Ed Yourdon</a> posted a photo:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16161774927/" title="The latest NY fashion: mis-matched gloves"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7499/16161774927_a2decf6eb7_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="The latest NY fashion: mis-matched gloves" /></a></p>
<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
<br />
************************<br />
<br />
This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008 (which you can see in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157606055851360/">this Flickr set</a>), and continued throughout 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 (as shown in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157613264437341/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157623354240519/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157625806809096">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157629251037423/">this Flickr set</a>, and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157633159882457/">this Flickr set</a>)<br />
): a random collection of &quot;interesting&quot; people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. These are the people in my neighborhood, aka &quot;peeps in the 'hood.&quot;<br />
<br />
As I indicated when I first started this project six years ago, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a zoom telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me. Sometimes I find an empty bench on a busy street corner, and just sit quietly for an hour, watching people hustling past on the <i>other</i> side of the street; they're almost always so busy listening to their iPod, or talking on their cellphone, or daydreaming about something, that they never look up and see me aiming my camera in their direction.<br />
<br />
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep my camera switched on, and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject. Indeed, some of my most interesting photos have been so-called &quot;hip shots,&quot; where I don't even bother to raise the camera up to my eye; I just keep the zoom lens set to the maximum wide-angle aperture, point in the general direction of the subject, and take several shots. As long as I can keep the shutter speed fairly high (which sometimes requires a fairly high ISO setting), I can usually get some fairly crisp shots -- even if the subject is walking in one direction, and I'm walking in the other direction, while I'm snapping the photos.<br />
<br />
With only a few exceptions, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are plenty of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. There have been a few opportunities to take some &quot;sympathetic&quot; pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. This is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2905921539/">one example</a>, and here is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/4299779303/">another example</a>.<br />
<br />
The other thing I've noticed, while carrying on this project for the past six years, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, <i>far</i> more people who are <i>not</i> so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... unfortunately, there was just nothing memorable about them. They're all part of this big, crowded city; but for better or worse, there are an awful lot that you won't see in these Flickr sets of mine...</p>Fri, 23 Jan 2015 05:52:13 -08002014-12-20T15:05:23-08:00nobody@flickr.com (Ed Yourdon)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/1616177492740.792226 -73.97380040.792226-73.9738002510368The latest NY fashion: mis-matched gloves<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
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This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008 (which you can see in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157606055851360/">this Flickr set</a>), and continued throughout 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 (as shown in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157613264437341/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157623354240519/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157625806809096">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157629251037423/">this Flickr set</a>, and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157633159882457/">this Flickr set</a>)<br />
): a random collection of &quot;interesting&quot; people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. These are the people in my neighborhood, aka &quot;peeps in the 'hood.&quot;<br />
<br />
As I indicated when I first started this project six years ago, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a zoom telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me. Sometimes I find an empty bench on a busy street corner, and just sit quietly for an hour, watching people hustling past on the <i>other</i> side of the street; they're almost always so busy listening to their iPod, or talking on their cellphone, or daydreaming about something, that they never look up and see me aiming my camera in their direction.<br />
<br />
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep my camera switched on, and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject. Indeed, some of my most interesting photos have been so-called &quot;hip shots,&quot; where I don't even bother to raise the camera up to my eye; I just keep the zoom lens set to the maximum wide-angle aperture, point in the general direction of the subject, and take several shots. As long as I can keep the shutter speed fairly high (which sometimes requires a fairly high ISO setting), I can usually get some fairly crisp shots -- even if the subject is walking in one direction, and I'm walking in the other direction, while I'm snapping the photos.<br />
<br />
With only a few exceptions, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are plenty of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. There have been a few opportunities to take some &quot;sympathetic&quot; pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. This is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2905921539/">one example</a>, and here is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/4299779303/">another example</a>.<br />
<br />
The other thing I've noticed, while carrying on this project for the past six years, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, <i>far</i> more people who are <i>not</i> so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... unfortunately, there was just nothing memorable about them. They're all part of this big, crowded city; but for better or worse, there are an awful lot that you won't see in these Flickr sets of mine...</p>Ed Yourdonnewyork broadway gloves upperwestside hood peeps mismatchedgloveshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.enIn a race between taxis and skateboards, guess who wins? (and guess who doesn't stop at the traffic lights!)http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/15725238714/
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/yourdon/">Ed Yourdon</a> posted a photo:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/15725238714/" title="In a race between taxis and skateboards, guess who wins? (and guess who doesn't stop at the traffic lights!)"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8618/15725238714_fa37d3f2a2_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="In a race between taxis and skateboards, guess who wins? (and guess who doesn't stop at the traffic lights!)" /></a></p>
<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
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<br />
This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008 (which you can see in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157606055851360/">this Flickr set</a>), and continued throughout 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 (as shown in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157613264437341/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157623354240519/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157625806809096">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157629251037423/">this Flickr set</a>, and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157633159882457/">this Flickr set</a>)<br />
): a random collection of &quot;interesting&quot; people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. These are the people in my neighborhood, aka &quot;peeps in the 'hood.&quot;<br />
<br />
As I indicated when I first started this project six years ago, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a zoom telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me. Sometimes I find an empty bench on a busy street corner, and just sit quietly for an hour, watching people hustling past on the <i>other</i> side of the street; they're almost always so busy listening to their iPod, or talking on their cellphone, or daydreaming about something, that they never look up and see me aiming my camera in their direction.<br />
<br />
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep my camera switched on, and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject. Indeed, some of my most interesting photos have been so-called &quot;hip shots,&quot; where I don't even bother to raise the camera up to my eye; I just keep the zoom lens set to the maximum wide-angle aperture, point in the general direction of the subject, and take several shots. As long as I can keep the shutter speed fairly high (which sometimes requires a fairly high ISO setting), I can usually get some fairly crisp shots -- even if the subject is walking in one direction, and I'm walking in the other direction, while I'm snapping the photos.<br />
<br />
With only a few exceptions, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are plenty of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. There have been a few opportunities to take some &quot;sympathetic&quot; pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. This is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2905921539/">one example</a>, and here is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/4299779303/">another example</a>.<br />
<br />
The other thing I've noticed, while carrying on this project for the past six years, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, <i>far</i> more people who are <i>not</i> so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... unfortunately, there was just nothing memorable about them. They're all part of this big, crowded city; but for better or worse, there are an awful lot that you won't see in these Flickr sets of mine...</p>Fri, 23 Jan 2015 05:54:00 -08002014-12-20T15:13:57-08:00nobody@flickr.com (Ed Yourdon)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/1572523871440.793407 -73.97273840.793407-73.9727382510368In a race between taxis and skateboards, guess who wins? (and guess who doesn't stop at the traffic lights!)<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
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<br />
This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008 (which you can see in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157606055851360/">this Flickr set</a>), and continued throughout 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 (as shown in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157613264437341/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157623354240519/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157625806809096">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157629251037423/">this Flickr set</a>, and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157633159882457/">this Flickr set</a>)<br />
): a random collection of &quot;interesting&quot; people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. These are the people in my neighborhood, aka &quot;peeps in the 'hood.&quot;<br />
<br />
As I indicated when I first started this project six years ago, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a zoom telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me. Sometimes I find an empty bench on a busy street corner, and just sit quietly for an hour, watching people hustling past on the <i>other</i> side of the street; they're almost always so busy listening to their iPod, or talking on their cellphone, or daydreaming about something, that they never look up and see me aiming my camera in their direction.<br />
<br />
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep my camera switched on, and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject. Indeed, some of my most interesting photos have been so-called &quot;hip shots,&quot; where I don't even bother to raise the camera up to my eye; I just keep the zoom lens set to the maximum wide-angle aperture, point in the general direction of the subject, and take several shots. As long as I can keep the shutter speed fairly high (which sometimes requires a fairly high ISO setting), I can usually get some fairly crisp shots -- even if the subject is walking in one direction, and I'm walking in the other direction, while I'm snapping the photos.<br />
<br />
With only a few exceptions, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are plenty of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. There have been a few opportunities to take some &quot;sympathetic&quot; pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. This is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2905921539/">one example</a>, and here is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/4299779303/">another example</a>.<br />
<br />
The other thing I've noticed, while carrying on this project for the past six years, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, <i>far</i> more people who are <i>not</i> so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... unfortunately, there was just nothing memorable about them. They're all part of this big, crowded city; but for better or worse, there are an awful lot that you won't see in these Flickr sets of mine...</p>Ed Yourdonnewyork taxi broadway skateboard upperwestside hood peepshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.enShopping for tomatoes at America's Most Convenient Bank. Huh?http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/15727713953/
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/yourdon/">Ed Yourdon</a> posted a photo:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/15727713953/" title="Shopping for tomatoes at America's Most Convenient Bank. Huh?"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8661/15727713953_b2aeb37c4b_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Shopping for tomatoes at America's Most Convenient Bank. Huh?" /></a></p>
<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
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<br />
This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008 (which you can see in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157606055851360/">this Flickr set</a>), and continued throughout 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 (as shown in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157613264437341/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157623354240519/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157625806809096">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157629251037423/">this Flickr set</a>, and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157633159882457/">this Flickr set</a>)<br />
): a random collection of &quot;interesting&quot; people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. These are the people in my neighborhood, aka &quot;peeps in the 'hood.&quot;<br />
<br />
As I indicated when I first started this project six years ago, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a zoom telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me. Sometimes I find an empty bench on a busy street corner, and just sit quietly for an hour, watching people hustling past on the <i>other</i> side of the street; they're almost always so busy listening to their iPod, or talking on their cellphone, or daydreaming about something, that they never look up and see me aiming my camera in their direction.<br />
<br />
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep my camera switched on, and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject. Indeed, some of my most interesting photos have been so-called &quot;hip shots,&quot; where I don't even bother to raise the camera up to my eye; I just keep the zoom lens set to the maximum wide-angle aperture, point in the general direction of the subject, and take several shots. As long as I can keep the shutter speed fairly high (which sometimes requires a fairly high ISO setting), I can usually get some fairly crisp shots -- even if the subject is walking in one direction, and I'm walking in the other direction, while I'm snapping the photos.<br />
<br />
With only a few exceptions, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are plenty of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. There have been a few opportunities to take some &quot;sympathetic&quot; pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. This is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2905921539/">one example</a>, and here is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/4299779303/">another example</a>.<br />
<br />
The other thing I've noticed, while carrying on this project for the past six years, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, <i>far</i> more people who are <i>not</i> so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... unfortunately, there was just nothing memorable about them. They're all part of this big, crowded city; but for better or worse, there are an awful lot that you won't see in these Flickr sets of mine...</p>Fri, 23 Jan 2015 05:52:56 -08002014-12-20T15:12:28-08:00nobody@flickr.com (Ed Yourdon)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/1572771395340.793162 -73.97323540.793162-73.9732352510368Shopping for tomatoes at America's Most Convenient Bank. Huh?<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
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<br />
This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008 (which you can see in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157606055851360/">this Flickr set</a>), and continued throughout 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 (as shown in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157613264437341/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157623354240519/">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157625806809096">this Flickr set</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157629251037423/">this Flickr set</a>, and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157633159882457/">this Flickr set</a>)<br />
): a random collection of &quot;interesting&quot; people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. These are the people in my neighborhood, aka &quot;peeps in the 'hood.&quot;<br />
<br />
As I indicated when I first started this project six years ago, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a zoom telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me. Sometimes I find an empty bench on a busy street corner, and just sit quietly for an hour, watching people hustling past on the <i>other</i> side of the street; they're almost always so busy listening to their iPod, or talking on their cellphone, or daydreaming about something, that they never look up and see me aiming my camera in their direction.<br />
<br />
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep my camera switched on, and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject. Indeed, some of my most interesting photos have been so-called &quot;hip shots,&quot; where I don't even bother to raise the camera up to my eye; I just keep the zoom lens set to the maximum wide-angle aperture, point in the general direction of the subject, and take several shots. As long as I can keep the shutter speed fairly high (which sometimes requires a fairly high ISO setting), I can usually get some fairly crisp shots -- even if the subject is walking in one direction, and I'm walking in the other direction, while I'm snapping the photos.<br />
<br />
With only a few exceptions, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are plenty of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. There have been a few opportunities to take some &quot;sympathetic&quot; pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. This is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2905921539/">one example</a>, and here is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/4299779303/">another example</a>.<br />
<br />
The other thing I've noticed, while carrying on this project for the past six years, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, <i>far</i> more people who are <i>not</i> so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... unfortunately, there was just nothing memorable about them. They're all part of this big, crowded city; but for better or worse, there are an awful lot that you won't see in these Flickr sets of mine...</p>Ed Yourdonnewyork broadway upperwestside hood peepshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.enPeople love funny videos on their cellphones, even when they're in the wrong languagehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16187954530/
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/yourdon/">Ed Yourdon</a> posted a photo:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16187954530/" title="People love funny videos on their cellphones, even when they're in the wrong language"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7460/16187954530_cf8e85c279_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="People love funny videos on their cellphones, even when they're in the wrong language" /></a></p>
<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
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About a year ago, I created Flickr album for photos that I had started taking with my iPhone5s; and now I’m creating a new Flickr album for photos that I’ve begun taking with myiPhone6, which just arrived from T-Mobile this morning.<br />
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In last year’s album, I wrote, &quot;Whether you’re an amateur or professional photographer, it’s hard to walk around with a modern smartphone in your pocket, and <i>not</i> be tempted to use the built-in camera from time-to-time. Veteran photographers typically sneer at such behavior, and most will tell you that they can instantly recognize an iPhone photo, which they mentally reject as being unworthy of any serious attention.<br />
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&quot;After using many earlier models of smartphones over the past several years, I was inclined to agree; after all, I always (well, almost always) had a “real” camera in my pocket (or backpack or camera-bag), and it was <i>always</i> capable of taking a much better photographic image than the mediocre, grainy images shot with a camera-phone. <br />
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&quot;But still … there were a few occasions when I desperately wanted to capture some photo-worthy event taking place right in front of me, and inevitably it turned out to be the times when I did not have the “real” camera with me. Or I did have it, but it was buried somewhere in a bag, and I knew that the “event” would have disappeared by the time I found the “real&quot; camera and turned it on. By contrast, the smart-phone was <i>always</i> in my pocket (along with my keys and my wallet, it’s one of the three things I consciously grab every time I walk out the door). And I often found that I could turn it on, point it at the photographic scene, and take the picture much faster than I could do the same thing with a “traditional” camera.<br />
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&quot;Meanwhile, smartphone cameras have gotten substantially better in the past few years, from a mechanical/hardware perspective; and the software “intelligence” controlling the camera has become amazingly sophisticated. It’s still not on the same level as a “professional” DSLR camera, but for a large majority of the “average” photographic situations we’re likely to encounter in the unplanned moments of our lives, it’s more and more likely to be “good enough.” The old adage of “the best camera is the one you have with you” is more and more relevant these days. For me, 90% of the success in taking a good photo is simply being in the right place at the right time, being aware that the “photo opportunity” is there, and having a camera — <i>any</i> camera — to take advantage of that opportunity. Only 10% of the time does it matter <i>which</i> camera I’m using, or what technical features I’ve managed to use.<br />
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&quot;And now, with the recent advent of the iPhone5s, there is one more improvement — which, as far as I can tell, simply does not exist in any of the “professional” cameras. You can take an unlimited number of “burst-mode” shots with the new iPhone, simply by keeping your finger on the shutter button; instead of being limited to just six (as a few of the DSLR cameras currently offer), you can take 10, 20, or even a hundred shots. And then — almost magically — the iPhone will show you which one or two of the large burst of photos was optimally sharp and clear. With a couple of clicks, you can then delete everything else, and retain only the very best one or two from the entire burst.<br />
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&quot;With that in mind, I’ve begun using my iPhone5s for more and more “everyday” photo situations out on the street. Since I’m typically photographing ordinary, mundane events, even the one or two “optimal” shots that the camera-phone retains might not be worth showing anyone else … so there is still a lot of pruning and editing to be done, and I’m lucky if 10% of those “optimal” shots are good enough to justify uploading to Flickr and sharing with the rest of the world. Still, it’s an enormous benefit to know that my editing work can begin with photos that are more-or-less “technically” adequate, and that I don’t have to waste even a second reviewing dozens of technically-mediocre shots that are fuzzy, or blurred.<br />
<br />
&quot;Oh, yeah, one other minor benefit of the iPhone5s (and presumably most other current brands of smartphone): it automatically geotags every photo and video, without any special effort on the photographer’s part. Only one of my other big, fat cameras (the Sony Alpha SLT A65) has that feature, and I’ve noticed that almost none of the “new” mirrorless cameras have got a built-in GPS thingy that will perform the geotagging...<br />
<br />
&quot;I’ve had my iPhone5s for a couple of months now, but I’ve only been using the “burst-mode” photography feature aggressively for the past couple of weeks. As a result, the initial batch of photos that I’m uploading are all taken in the greater-NYC area. But as time goes on, and as my normal travel routine takes me to other parts of the world, I hope to add more and more “everyday” scenes in cities that I might not have the opportunity to photograph in a “serious” way.<br />
<br />
**************************<br />
<br />
Okay, so now it’s September of 2014, and I’ve got the iPhone 6. They say that the camera is better, and that the internal camera-related hardware/firmware/software is better, too. Obviously, I’ve got the newer iOS, too, and even on the “old” phones, it now supports time-lapse videos along with everything else.<br />
<br />
I’ve still got my pocket camera (an amazing little Sony ERX-100 Mark III), and two larger cameras (Sony RX-10, and Sony A7), but I have a feeling that I won’t even be taking them out of the camera bag when I’m out on the street for ordinary day-to-day walking around.<br />
<br />
That will depend, obviously, on what kind of photos and videos the iPhone6 is actually capable of taking … so I’m going to try to use it every day, and see what the results look like …<br />
<br />
Like I said last year, “stay tuned…&quot;</p>Mon, 26 Jan 2015 12:38:44 -08002014-12-14T15:10:32-08:00nobody@flickr.com (Ed Yourdon)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/1618795453040.792561 -73.97339640.792561-73.9733962510368People love funny videos on their cellphones, even when they're in the wrong language<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
<br />
***************************<br />
<br />
About a year ago, I created Flickr album for photos that I had started taking with my iPhone5s; and now I’m creating a new Flickr album for photos that I’ve begun taking with myiPhone6, which just arrived from T-Mobile this morning.<br />
<br />
In last year’s album, I wrote, &quot;Whether you’re an amateur or professional photographer, it’s hard to walk around with a modern smartphone in your pocket, and <i>not</i> be tempted to use the built-in camera from time-to-time. Veteran photographers typically sneer at such behavior, and most will tell you that they can instantly recognize an iPhone photo, which they mentally reject as being unworthy of any serious attention.<br />
<br />
&quot;After using many earlier models of smartphones over the past several years, I was inclined to agree; after all, I always (well, almost always) had a “real” camera in my pocket (or backpack or camera-bag), and it was <i>always</i> capable of taking a much better photographic image than the mediocre, grainy images shot with a camera-phone. <br />
<br />
&quot;But still … there were a few occasions when I desperately wanted to capture some photo-worthy event taking place right in front of me, and inevitably it turned out to be the times when I did not have the “real” camera with me. Or I did have it, but it was buried somewhere in a bag, and I knew that the “event” would have disappeared by the time I found the “real&quot; camera and turned it on. By contrast, the smart-phone was <i>always</i> in my pocket (along with my keys and my wallet, it’s one of the three things I consciously grab every time I walk out the door). And I often found that I could turn it on, point it at the photographic scene, and take the picture much faster than I could do the same thing with a “traditional” camera.<br />
<br />
&quot;Meanwhile, smartphone cameras have gotten substantially better in the past few years, from a mechanical/hardware perspective; and the software “intelligence” controlling the camera has become amazingly sophisticated. It’s still not on the same level as a “professional” DSLR camera, but for a large majority of the “average” photographic situations we’re likely to encounter in the unplanned moments of our lives, it’s more and more likely to be “good enough.” The old adage of “the best camera is the one you have with you” is more and more relevant these days. For me, 90% of the success in taking a good photo is simply being in the right place at the right time, being aware that the “photo opportunity” is there, and having a camera — <i>any</i> camera — to take advantage of that opportunity. Only 10% of the time does it matter <i>which</i> camera I’m using, or what technical features I’ve managed to use.<br />
<br />
&quot;And now, with the recent advent of the iPhone5s, there is one more improvement — which, as far as I can tell, simply does not exist in any of the “professional” cameras. You can take an unlimited number of “burst-mode” shots with the new iPhone, simply by keeping your finger on the shutter button; instead of being limited to just six (as a few of the DSLR cameras currently offer), you can take 10, 20, or even a hundred shots. And then — almost magically — the iPhone will show you which one or two of the large burst of photos was optimally sharp and clear. With a couple of clicks, you can then delete everything else, and retain only the very best one or two from the entire burst.<br />
<br />
&quot;With that in mind, I’ve begun using my iPhone5s for more and more “everyday” photo situations out on the street. Since I’m typically photographing ordinary, mundane events, even the one or two “optimal” shots that the camera-phone retains might not be worth showing anyone else … so there is still a lot of pruning and editing to be done, and I’m lucky if 10% of those “optimal” shots are good enough to justify uploading to Flickr and sharing with the rest of the world. Still, it’s an enormous benefit to know that my editing work can begin with photos that are more-or-less “technically” adequate, and that I don’t have to waste even a second reviewing dozens of technically-mediocre shots that are fuzzy, or blurred.<br />
<br />
&quot;Oh, yeah, one other minor benefit of the iPhone5s (and presumably most other current brands of smartphone): it automatically geotags every photo and video, without any special effort on the photographer’s part. Only one of my other big, fat cameras (the Sony Alpha SLT A65) has that feature, and I’ve noticed that almost none of the “new” mirrorless cameras have got a built-in GPS thingy that will perform the geotagging...<br />
<br />
&quot;I’ve had my iPhone5s for a couple of months now, but I’ve only been using the “burst-mode” photography feature aggressively for the past couple of weeks. As a result, the initial batch of photos that I’m uploading are all taken in the greater-NYC area. But as time goes on, and as my normal travel routine takes me to other parts of the world, I hope to add more and more “everyday” scenes in cities that I might not have the opportunity to photograph in a “serious” way.<br />
<br />
**************************<br />
<br />
Okay, so now it’s September of 2014, and I’ve got the iPhone 6. They say that the camera is better, and that the internal camera-related hardware/firmware/software is better, too. Obviously, I’ve got the newer iOS, too, and even on the “old” phones, it now supports time-lapse videos along with everything else.<br />
<br />
I’ve still got my pocket camera (an amazing little Sony ERX-100 Mark III), and two larger cameras (Sony RX-10, and Sony A7), but I have a feeling that I won’t even be taking them out of the camera bag when I’m out on the street for ordinary day-to-day walking around.<br />
<br />
That will depend, obviously, on what kind of photos and videos the iPhone6 is actually capable of taking … so I’m going to try to use it every day, and see what the results look like …<br />
<br />
Like I said last year, “stay tuned…&quot;</p>Ed Yourdonnewyork manhattan broadway upperwestside hood peeps iphone6plusbackcamera415mmf22https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.enPeople always use the wrong hand for calling with their mobile phone. I do, too...http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16349342626/
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/yourdon/">Ed Yourdon</a> posted a photo:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16349342626/" title="People always use the wrong hand for calling with their mobile phone. I do, too..."><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7289/16349342626_7b179372a9_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="People always use the wrong hand for calling with their mobile phone. I do, too..." /></a></p>
<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
<br />
***************************<br />
<br />
About a year ago, I created Flickr album for photos that I had started taking with my iPhone5s; and now I’m creating a new Flickr album for photos that I’ve begun taking with myiPhone6, which just arrived from T-Mobile this morning.<br />
<br />
In last year’s album, I wrote, &quot;Whether you’re an amateur or professional photographer, it’s hard to walk around with a modern smartphone in your pocket, and <i>not</i> be tempted to use the built-in camera from time-to-time. Veteran photographers typically sneer at such behavior, and most will tell you that they can instantly recognize an iPhone photo, which they mentally reject as being unworthy of any serious attention.<br />
<br />
&quot;After using many earlier models of smartphones over the past several years, I was inclined to agree; after all, I always (well, almost always) had a “real” camera in my pocket (or backpack or camera-bag), and it was <i>always</i> capable of taking a much better photographic image than the mediocre, grainy images shot with a camera-phone. <br />
<br />
&quot;But still … there were a few occasions when I desperately wanted to capture some photo-worthy event taking place right in front of me, and inevitably it turned out to be the times when I did not have the “real” camera with me. Or I did have it, but it was buried somewhere in a bag, and I knew that the “event” would have disappeared by the time I found the “real&quot; camera and turned it on. By contrast, the smart-phone was <i>always</i> in my pocket (along with my keys and my wallet, it’s one of the three things I consciously grab every time I walk out the door). And I often found that I could turn it on, point it at the photographic scene, and take the picture much faster than I could do the same thing with a “traditional” camera.<br />
<br />
&quot;Meanwhile, smartphone cameras have gotten substantially better in the past few years, from a mechanical/hardware perspective; and the software “intelligence” controlling the camera has become amazingly sophisticated. It’s still not on the same level as a “professional” DSLR camera, but for a large majority of the “average” photographic situations we’re likely to encounter in the unplanned moments of our lives, it’s more and more likely to be “good enough.” The old adage of “the best camera is the one you have with you” is more and more relevant these days. For me, 90% of the success in taking a good photo is simply being in the right place at the right time, being aware that the “photo opportunity” is there, and having a camera — <i>any</i> camera — to take advantage of that opportunity. Only 10% of the time does it matter <i>which</i> camera I’m using, or what technical features I’ve managed to use.<br />
<br />
&quot;And now, with the recent advent of the iPhone5s, there is one more improvement — which, as far as I can tell, simply does not exist in any of the “professional” cameras. You can take an unlimited number of “burst-mode” shots with the new iPhone, simply by keeping your finger on the shutter button; instead of being limited to just six (as a few of the DSLR cameras currently offer), you can take 10, 20, or even a hundred shots. And then — almost magically — the iPhone will show you which one or two of the large burst of photos was optimally sharp and clear. With a couple of clicks, you can then delete everything else, and retain only the very best one or two from the entire burst.<br />
<br />
&quot;With that in mind, I’ve begun using my iPhone5s for more and more “everyday” photo situations out on the street. Since I’m typically photographing ordinary, mundane events, even the one or two “optimal” shots that the camera-phone retains might not be worth showing anyone else … so there is still a lot of pruning and editing to be done, and I’m lucky if 10% of those “optimal” shots are good enough to justify uploading to Flickr and sharing with the rest of the world. Still, it’s an enormous benefit to know that my editing work can begin with photos that are more-or-less “technically” adequate, and that I don’t have to waste even a second reviewing dozens of technically-mediocre shots that are fuzzy, or blurred.<br />
<br />
&quot;Oh, yeah, one other minor benefit of the iPhone5s (and presumably most other current brands of smartphone): it automatically geotags every photo and video, without any special effort on the photographer’s part. Only one of my other big, fat cameras (the Sony Alpha SLT A65) has that feature, and I’ve noticed that almost none of the “new” mirrorless cameras have got a built-in GPS thingy that will perform the geotagging...<br />
<br />
&quot;I’ve had my iPhone5s for a couple of months now, but I’ve only been using the “burst-mode” photography feature aggressively for the past couple of weeks. As a result, the initial batch of photos that I’m uploading are all taken in the greater-NYC area. But as time goes on, and as my normal travel routine takes me to other parts of the world, I hope to add more and more “everyday” scenes in cities that I might not have the opportunity to photograph in a “serious” way.<br />
<br />
**************************<br />
<br />
Okay, so now it’s September of 2014, and I’ve got the iPhone 6. They say that the camera is better, and that the internal camera-related hardware/firmware/software is better, too. Obviously, I’ve got the newer iOS, too, and even on the “old” phones, it now supports time-lapse videos along with everything else.<br />
<br />
I’ve still got my pocket camera (an amazing little Sony ERX-100 Mark III), and two larger cameras (Sony RX-10, and Sony A7), but I have a feeling that I won’t even be taking them out of the camera bag when I’m out on the street for ordinary day-to-day walking around.<br />
<br />
That will depend, obviously, on what kind of photos and videos the iPhone6 is actually capable of taking … so I’m going to try to use it every day, and see what the results look like …<br />
<br />
Like I said last year, “stay tuned…&quot;</p>Mon, 26 Jan 2015 12:36:00 -08002014-12-14T13:03:52-08:00nobody@flickr.com (Ed Yourdon)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/1634934262640.792166 -73.97392140.792166-73.9739212510368People always use the wrong hand for calling with their mobile phone. I do, too...<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
<br />
***************************<br />
<br />
About a year ago, I created Flickr album for photos that I had started taking with my iPhone5s; and now I’m creating a new Flickr album for photos that I’ve begun taking with myiPhone6, which just arrived from T-Mobile this morning.<br />
<br />
In last year’s album, I wrote, &quot;Whether you’re an amateur or professional photographer, it’s hard to walk around with a modern smartphone in your pocket, and <i>not</i> be tempted to use the built-in camera from time-to-time. Veteran photographers typically sneer at such behavior, and most will tell you that they can instantly recognize an iPhone photo, which they mentally reject as being unworthy of any serious attention.<br />
<br />
&quot;After using many earlier models of smartphones over the past several years, I was inclined to agree; after all, I always (well, almost always) had a “real” camera in my pocket (or backpack or camera-bag), and it was <i>always</i> capable of taking a much better photographic image than the mediocre, grainy images shot with a camera-phone. <br />
<br />
&quot;But still … there were a few occasions when I desperately wanted to capture some photo-worthy event taking place right in front of me, and inevitably it turned out to be the times when I did not have the “real” camera with me. Or I did have it, but it was buried somewhere in a bag, and I knew that the “event” would have disappeared by the time I found the “real&quot; camera and turned it on. By contrast, the smart-phone was <i>always</i> in my pocket (along with my keys and my wallet, it’s one of the three things I consciously grab every time I walk out the door). And I often found that I could turn it on, point it at the photographic scene, and take the picture much faster than I could do the same thing with a “traditional” camera.<br />
<br />
&quot;Meanwhile, smartphone cameras have gotten substantially better in the past few years, from a mechanical/hardware perspective; and the software “intelligence” controlling the camera has become amazingly sophisticated. It’s still not on the same level as a “professional” DSLR camera, but for a large majority of the “average” photographic situations we’re likely to encounter in the unplanned moments of our lives, it’s more and more likely to be “good enough.” The old adage of “the best camera is the one you have with you” is more and more relevant these days. For me, 90% of the success in taking a good photo is simply being in the right place at the right time, being aware that the “photo opportunity” is there, and having a camera — <i>any</i> camera — to take advantage of that opportunity. Only 10% of the time does it matter <i>which</i> camera I’m using, or what technical features I’ve managed to use.<br />
<br />
&quot;And now, with the recent advent of the iPhone5s, there is one more improvement — which, as far as I can tell, simply does not exist in any of the “professional” cameras. You can take an unlimited number of “burst-mode” shots with the new iPhone, simply by keeping your finger on the shutter button; instead of being limited to just six (as a few of the DSLR cameras currently offer), you can take 10, 20, or even a hundred shots. And then — almost magically — the iPhone will show you which one or two of the large burst of photos was optimally sharp and clear. With a couple of clicks, you can then delete everything else, and retain only the very best one or two from the entire burst.<br />
<br />
&quot;With that in mind, I’ve begun using my iPhone5s for more and more “everyday” photo situations out on the street. Since I’m typically photographing ordinary, mundane events, even the one or two “optimal” shots that the camera-phone retains might not be worth showing anyone else … so there is still a lot of pruning and editing to be done, and I’m lucky if 10% of those “optimal” shots are good enough to justify uploading to Flickr and sharing with the rest of the world. Still, it’s an enormous benefit to know that my editing work can begin with photos that are more-or-less “technically” adequate, and that I don’t have to waste even a second reviewing dozens of technically-mediocre shots that are fuzzy, or blurred.<br />
<br />
&quot;Oh, yeah, one other minor benefit of the iPhone5s (and presumably most other current brands of smartphone): it automatically geotags every photo and video, without any special effort on the photographer’s part. Only one of my other big, fat cameras (the Sony Alpha SLT A65) has that feature, and I’ve noticed that almost none of the “new” mirrorless cameras have got a built-in GPS thingy that will perform the geotagging...<br />
<br />
&quot;I’ve had my iPhone5s for a couple of months now, but I’ve only been using the “burst-mode” photography feature aggressively for the past couple of weeks. As a result, the initial batch of photos that I’m uploading are all taken in the greater-NYC area. But as time goes on, and as my normal travel routine takes me to other parts of the world, I hope to add more and more “everyday” scenes in cities that I might not have the opportunity to photograph in a “serious” way.<br />
<br />
**************************<br />
<br />
Okay, so now it’s September of 2014, and I’ve got the iPhone 6. They say that the camera is better, and that the internal camera-related hardware/firmware/software is better, too. Obviously, I’ve got the newer iOS, too, and even on the “old” phones, it now supports time-lapse videos along with everything else.<br />
<br />
I’ve still got my pocket camera (an amazing little Sony ERX-100 Mark III), and two larger cameras (Sony RX-10, and Sony A7), but I have a feeling that I won’t even be taking them out of the camera bag when I’m out on the street for ordinary day-to-day walking around.<br />
<br />
That will depend, obviously, on what kind of photos and videos the iPhone6 is actually capable of taking … so I’m going to try to use it every day, and see what the results look like …<br />
<br />
Like I said last year, “stay tuned…&quot;</p>Ed Yourdonnewyork manhattan broadway upperwestside hood peeps iphone6plusbackcamera415mmf22https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.enDid you hear what I said? I *hate* purple! I'll bet you gave this iPhone to your last girlfriend...http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16373606251/
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/yourdon/">Ed Yourdon</a> posted a photo:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16373606251/" title="Did you hear what I said? I *hate* purple! I'll bet you gave this iPhone to your last girlfriend..."><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8567/16373606251_3ec732e281_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Did you hear what I said? I *hate* purple! I'll bet you gave this iPhone to your last girlfriend..." /></a></p>
<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
<br />
***************************<br />
<br />
About a year ago, I created Flickr album for photos that I had started taking with my iPhone5s; and now I’m creating a new Flickr album for photos that I’ve begun taking with myiPhone6, which just arrived from T-Mobile this morning.<br />
<br />
In last year’s album, I wrote, &quot;Whether you’re an amateur or professional photographer, it’s hard to walk around with a modern smartphone in your pocket, and <i>not</i> be tempted to use the built-in camera from time-to-time. Veteran photographers typically sneer at such behavior, and most will tell you that they can instantly recognize an iPhone photo, which they mentally reject as being unworthy of any serious attention.<br />
<br />
&quot;After using many earlier models of smartphones over the past several years, I was inclined to agree; after all, I always (well, almost always) had a “real” camera in my pocket (or backpack or camera-bag), and it was <i>always</i> capable of taking a much better photographic image than the mediocre, grainy images shot with a camera-phone. <br />
<br />
&quot;But still … there were a few occasions when I desperately wanted to capture some photo-worthy event taking place right in front of me, and inevitably it turned out to be the times when I did not have the “real” camera with me. Or I did have it, but it was buried somewhere in a bag, and I knew that the “event” would have disappeared by the time I found the “real&quot; camera and turned it on. By contrast, the smart-phone was <i>always</i> in my pocket (along with my keys and my wallet, it’s one of the three things I consciously grab every time I walk out the door). And I often found that I could turn it on, point it at the photographic scene, and take the picture much faster than I could do the same thing with a “traditional” camera.<br />
<br />
&quot;Meanwhile, smartphone cameras have gotten substantially better in the past few years, from a mechanical/hardware perspective; and the software “intelligence” controlling the camera has become amazingly sophisticated. It’s still not on the same level as a “professional” DSLR camera, but for a large majority of the “average” photographic situations we’re likely to encounter in the unplanned moments of our lives, it’s more and more likely to be “good enough.” The old adage of “the best camera is the one you have with you” is more and more relevant these days. For me, 90% of the success in taking a good photo is simply being in the right place at the right time, being aware that the “photo opportunity” is there, and having a camera — <i>any</i> camera — to take advantage of that opportunity. Only 10% of the time does it matter <i>which</i> camera I’m using, or what technical features I’ve managed to use.<br />
<br />
&quot;And now, with the recent advent of the iPhone5s, there is one more improvement — which, as far as I can tell, simply does not exist in any of the “professional” cameras. You can take an unlimited number of “burst-mode” shots with the new iPhone, simply by keeping your finger on the shutter button; instead of being limited to just six (as a few of the DSLR cameras currently offer), you can take 10, 20, or even a hundred shots. And then — almost magically — the iPhone will show you which one or two of the large burst of photos was optimally sharp and clear. With a couple of clicks, you can then delete everything else, and retain only the very best one or two from the entire burst.<br />
<br />
&quot;With that in mind, I’ve begun using my iPhone5s for more and more “everyday” photo situations out on the street. Since I’m typically photographing ordinary, mundane events, even the one or two “optimal” shots that the camera-phone retains might not be worth showing anyone else … so there is still a lot of pruning and editing to be done, and I’m lucky if 10% of those “optimal” shots are good enough to justify uploading to Flickr and sharing with the rest of the world. Still, it’s an enormous benefit to know that my editing work can begin with photos that are more-or-less “technically” adequate, and that I don’t have to waste even a second reviewing dozens of technically-mediocre shots that are fuzzy, or blurred.<br />
<br />
&quot;Oh, yeah, one other minor benefit of the iPhone5s (and presumably most other current brands of smartphone): it automatically geotags every photo and video, without any special effort on the photographer’s part. Only one of my other big, fat cameras (the Sony Alpha SLT A65) has that feature, and I’ve noticed that almost none of the “new” mirrorless cameras have got a built-in GPS thingy that will perform the geotagging...<br />
<br />
&quot;I’ve had my iPhone5s for a couple of months now, but I’ve only been using the “burst-mode” photography feature aggressively for the past couple of weeks. As a result, the initial batch of photos that I’m uploading are all taken in the greater-NYC area. But as time goes on, and as my normal travel routine takes me to other parts of the world, I hope to add more and more “everyday” scenes in cities that I might not have the opportunity to photograph in a “serious” way.<br />
<br />
**************************<br />
<br />
Okay, so now it’s September of 2014, and I’ve got the iPhone 6. They say that the camera is better, and that the internal camera-related hardware/firmware/software is better, too. Obviously, I’ve got the newer iOS, too, and even on the “old” phones, it now supports time-lapse videos along with everything else.<br />
<br />
I’ve still got my pocket camera (an amazing little Sony ERX-100 Mark III), and two larger cameras (Sony RX-10, and Sony A7), but I have a feeling that I won’t even be taking them out of the camera bag when I’m out on the street for ordinary day-to-day walking around.<br />
<br />
That will depend, obviously, on what kind of photos and videos the iPhone6 is actually capable of taking … so I’m going to try to use it every day, and see what the results look like …<br />
<br />
Like I said last year, “stay tuned…&quot;</p>Mon, 26 Jan 2015 12:39:03 -08002014-12-14T15:10:58-08:00nobody@flickr.com (Ed Yourdon)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/1637360625140.792736 -73.97346340.792736-73.9734632510368Did you hear what I said? I *hate* purple! I'll bet you gave this iPhone to your last girlfriend...<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
<br />
***************************<br />
<br />
About a year ago, I created Flickr album for photos that I had started taking with my iPhone5s; and now I’m creating a new Flickr album for photos that I’ve begun taking with myiPhone6, which just arrived from T-Mobile this morning.<br />
<br />
In last year’s album, I wrote, &quot;Whether you’re an amateur or professional photographer, it’s hard to walk around with a modern smartphone in your pocket, and <i>not</i> be tempted to use the built-in camera from time-to-time. Veteran photographers typically sneer at such behavior, and most will tell you that they can instantly recognize an iPhone photo, which they mentally reject as being unworthy of any serious attention.<br />
<br />
&quot;After using many earlier models of smartphones over the past several years, I was inclined to agree; after all, I always (well, almost always) had a “real” camera in my pocket (or backpack or camera-bag), and it was <i>always</i> capable of taking a much better photographic image than the mediocre, grainy images shot with a camera-phone. <br />
<br />
&quot;But still … there were a few occasions when I desperately wanted to capture some photo-worthy event taking place right in front of me, and inevitably it turned out to be the times when I did not have the “real” camera with me. Or I did have it, but it was buried somewhere in a bag, and I knew that the “event” would have disappeared by the time I found the “real&quot; camera and turned it on. By contrast, the smart-phone was <i>always</i> in my pocket (along with my keys and my wallet, it’s one of the three things I consciously grab every time I walk out the door). And I often found that I could turn it on, point it at the photographic scene, and take the picture much faster than I could do the same thing with a “traditional” camera.<br />
<br />
&quot;Meanwhile, smartphone cameras have gotten substantially better in the past few years, from a mechanical/hardware perspective; and the software “intelligence” controlling the camera has become amazingly sophisticated. It’s still not on the same level as a “professional” DSLR camera, but for a large majority of the “average” photographic situations we’re likely to encounter in the unplanned moments of our lives, it’s more and more likely to be “good enough.” The old adage of “the best camera is the one you have with you” is more and more relevant these days. For me, 90% of the success in taking a good photo is simply being in the right place at the right time, being aware that the “photo opportunity” is there, and having a camera — <i>any</i> camera — to take advantage of that opportunity. Only 10% of the time does it matter <i>which</i> camera I’m using, or what technical features I’ve managed to use.<br />
<br />
&quot;And now, with the recent advent of the iPhone5s, there is one more improvement — which, as far as I can tell, simply does not exist in any of the “professional” cameras. You can take an unlimited number of “burst-mode” shots with the new iPhone, simply by keeping your finger on the shutter button; instead of being limited to just six (as a few of the DSLR cameras currently offer), you can take 10, 20, or even a hundred shots. And then — almost magically — the iPhone will show you which one or two of the large burst of photos was optimally sharp and clear. With a couple of clicks, you can then delete everything else, and retain only the very best one or two from the entire burst.<br />
<br />
&quot;With that in mind, I’ve begun using my iPhone5s for more and more “everyday” photo situations out on the street. Since I’m typically photographing ordinary, mundane events, even the one or two “optimal” shots that the camera-phone retains might not be worth showing anyone else … so there is still a lot of pruning and editing to be done, and I’m lucky if 10% of those “optimal” shots are good enough to justify uploading to Flickr and sharing with the rest of the world. Still, it’s an enormous benefit to know that my editing work can begin with photos that are more-or-less “technically” adequate, and that I don’t have to waste even a second reviewing dozens of technically-mediocre shots that are fuzzy, or blurred.<br />
<br />
&quot;Oh, yeah, one other minor benefit of the iPhone5s (and presumably most other current brands of smartphone): it automatically geotags every photo and video, without any special effort on the photographer’s part. Only one of my other big, fat cameras (the Sony Alpha SLT A65) has that feature, and I’ve noticed that almost none of the “new” mirrorless cameras have got a built-in GPS thingy that will perform the geotagging...<br />
<br />
&quot;I’ve had my iPhone5s for a couple of months now, but I’ve only been using the “burst-mode” photography feature aggressively for the past couple of weeks. As a result, the initial batch of photos that I’m uploading are all taken in the greater-NYC area. But as time goes on, and as my normal travel routine takes me to other parts of the world, I hope to add more and more “everyday” scenes in cities that I might not have the opportunity to photograph in a “serious” way.<br />
<br />
**************************<br />
<br />
Okay, so now it’s September of 2014, and I’ve got the iPhone 6. They say that the camera is better, and that the internal camera-related hardware/firmware/software is better, too. Obviously, I’ve got the newer iOS, too, and even on the “old” phones, it now supports time-lapse videos along with everything else.<br />
<br />
I’ve still got my pocket camera (an amazing little Sony ERX-100 Mark III), and two larger cameras (Sony RX-10, and Sony A7), but I have a feeling that I won’t even be taking them out of the camera bag when I’m out on the street for ordinary day-to-day walking around.<br />
<br />
That will depend, obviously, on what kind of photos and videos the iPhone6 is actually capable of taking … so I’m going to try to use it every day, and see what the results look like …<br />
<br />
Like I said last year, “stay tuned…&quot;</p>Ed Yourdonnewyork manhattan broadway upperwestside hood peeps iphone6plusbackcamera415mmf22https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.enEven the boyfriend can hear the jokehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16373580151/
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/yourdon/">Ed Yourdon</a> posted a photo:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16373580151/" title="Even the boyfriend can hear the joke"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7374/16373580151_415a4d1597_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Even the boyfriend can hear the joke" /></a></p>
<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
<br />
***************************<br />
<br />
About a year ago, I created Flickr album for photos that I had started taking with my iPhone5s; and now I’m creating a new Flickr album for photos that I’ve begun taking with myiPhone6, which just arrived from T-Mobile this morning.<br />
<br />
In last year’s album, I wrote, &quot;Whether you’re an amateur or professional photographer, it’s hard to walk around with a modern smartphone in your pocket, and <i>not</i> be tempted to use the built-in camera from time-to-time. Veteran photographers typically sneer at such behavior, and most will tell you that they can instantly recognize an iPhone photo, which they mentally reject as being unworthy of any serious attention.<br />
<br />
&quot;After using many earlier models of smartphones over the past several years, I was inclined to agree; after all, I always (well, almost always) had a “real” camera in my pocket (or backpack or camera-bag), and it was <i>always</i> capable of taking a much better photographic image than the mediocre, grainy images shot with a camera-phone. <br />
<br />
&quot;But still … there were a few occasions when I desperately wanted to capture some photo-worthy event taking place right in front of me, and inevitably it turned out to be the times when I did not have the “real” camera with me. Or I did have it, but it was buried somewhere in a bag, and I knew that the “event” would have disappeared by the time I found the “real&quot; camera and turned it on. By contrast, the smart-phone was <i>always</i> in my pocket (along with my keys and my wallet, it’s one of the three things I consciously grab every time I walk out the door). And I often found that I could turn it on, point it at the photographic scene, and take the picture much faster than I could do the same thing with a “traditional” camera.<br />
<br />
&quot;Meanwhile, smartphone cameras have gotten substantially better in the past few years, from a mechanical/hardware perspective; and the software “intelligence” controlling the camera has become amazingly sophisticated. It’s still not on the same level as a “professional” DSLR camera, but for a large majority of the “average” photographic situations we’re likely to encounter in the unplanned moments of our lives, it’s more and more likely to be “good enough.” The old adage of “the best camera is the one you have with you” is more and more relevant these days. For me, 90% of the success in taking a good photo is simply being in the right place at the right time, being aware that the “photo opportunity” is there, and having a camera — <i>any</i> camera — to take advantage of that opportunity. Only 10% of the time does it matter <i>which</i> camera I’m using, or what technical features I’ve managed to use.<br />
<br />
&quot;And now, with the recent advent of the iPhone5s, there is one more improvement — which, as far as I can tell, simply does not exist in any of the “professional” cameras. You can take an unlimited number of “burst-mode” shots with the new iPhone, simply by keeping your finger on the shutter button; instead of being limited to just six (as a few of the DSLR cameras currently offer), you can take 10, 20, or even a hundred shots. And then — almost magically — the iPhone will show you which one or two of the large burst of photos was optimally sharp and clear. With a couple of clicks, you can then delete everything else, and retain only the very best one or two from the entire burst.<br />
<br />
&quot;With that in mind, I’ve begun using my iPhone5s for more and more “everyday” photo situations out on the street. Since I’m typically photographing ordinary, mundane events, even the one or two “optimal” shots that the camera-phone retains might not be worth showing anyone else … so there is still a lot of pruning and editing to be done, and I’m lucky if 10% of those “optimal” shots are good enough to justify uploading to Flickr and sharing with the rest of the world. Still, it’s an enormous benefit to know that my editing work can begin with photos that are more-or-less “technically” adequate, and that I don’t have to waste even a second reviewing dozens of technically-mediocre shots that are fuzzy, or blurred.<br />
<br />
&quot;Oh, yeah, one other minor benefit of the iPhone5s (and presumably most other current brands of smartphone): it automatically geotags every photo and video, without any special effort on the photographer’s part. Only one of my other big, fat cameras (the Sony Alpha SLT A65) has that feature, and I’ve noticed that almost none of the “new” mirrorless cameras have got a built-in GPS thingy that will perform the geotagging...<br />
<br />
&quot;I’ve had my iPhone5s for a couple of months now, but I’ve only been using the “burst-mode” photography feature aggressively for the past couple of weeks. As a result, the initial batch of photos that I’m uploading are all taken in the greater-NYC area. But as time goes on, and as my normal travel routine takes me to other parts of the world, I hope to add more and more “everyday” scenes in cities that I might not have the opportunity to photograph in a “serious” way.<br />
<br />
**************************<br />
<br />
Okay, so now it’s September of 2014, and I’ve got the iPhone 6. They say that the camera is better, and that the internal camera-related hardware/firmware/software is better, too. Obviously, I’ve got the newer iOS, too, and even on the “old” phones, it now supports time-lapse videos along with everything else.<br />
<br />
I’ve still got my pocket camera (an amazing little Sony ERX-100 Mark III), and two larger cameras (Sony RX-10, and Sony A7), but I have a feeling that I won’t even be taking them out of the camera bag when I’m out on the street for ordinary day-to-day walking around.<br />
<br />
That will depend, obviously, on what kind of photos and videos the iPhone6 is actually capable of taking … so I’m going to try to use it every day, and see what the results look like …<br />
<br />
Like I said last year, “stay tuned…&quot;</p>Mon, 26 Jan 2015 12:35:17 -08002014-12-14T13:01:42-08:00nobody@flickr.com (Ed Yourdon)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/1637358015140.792105 -73.97388340.792105-73.9738832510368Even the boyfriend can hear the joke<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
<br />
***************************<br />
<br />
About a year ago, I created Flickr album for photos that I had started taking with my iPhone5s; and now I’m creating a new Flickr album for photos that I’ve begun taking with myiPhone6, which just arrived from T-Mobile this morning.<br />
<br />
In last year’s album, I wrote, &quot;Whether you’re an amateur or professional photographer, it’s hard to walk around with a modern smartphone in your pocket, and <i>not</i> be tempted to use the built-in camera from time-to-time. Veteran photographers typically sneer at such behavior, and most will tell you that they can instantly recognize an iPhone photo, which they mentally reject as being unworthy of any serious attention.<br />
<br />
&quot;After using many earlier models of smartphones over the past several years, I was inclined to agree; after all, I always (well, almost always) had a “real” camera in my pocket (or backpack or camera-bag), and it was <i>always</i> capable of taking a much better photographic image than the mediocre, grainy images shot with a camera-phone. <br />
<br />
&quot;But still … there were a few occasions when I desperately wanted to capture some photo-worthy event taking place right in front of me, and inevitably it turned out to be the times when I did not have the “real” camera with me. Or I did have it, but it was buried somewhere in a bag, and I knew that the “event” would have disappeared by the time I found the “real&quot; camera and turned it on. By contrast, the smart-phone was <i>always</i> in my pocket (along with my keys and my wallet, it’s one of the three things I consciously grab every time I walk out the door). And I often found that I could turn it on, point it at the photographic scene, and take the picture much faster than I could do the same thing with a “traditional” camera.<br />
<br />
&quot;Meanwhile, smartphone cameras have gotten substantially better in the past few years, from a mechanical/hardware perspective; and the software “intelligence” controlling the camera has become amazingly sophisticated. It’s still not on the same level as a “professional” DSLR camera, but for a large majority of the “average” photographic situations we’re likely to encounter in the unplanned moments of our lives, it’s more and more likely to be “good enough.” The old adage of “the best camera is the one you have with you” is more and more relevant these days. For me, 90% of the success in taking a good photo is simply being in the right place at the right time, being aware that the “photo opportunity” is there, and having a camera — <i>any</i> camera — to take advantage of that opportunity. Only 10% of the time does it matter <i>which</i> camera I’m using, or what technical features I’ve managed to use.<br />
<br />
&quot;And now, with the recent advent of the iPhone5s, there is one more improvement — which, as far as I can tell, simply does not exist in any of the “professional” cameras. You can take an unlimited number of “burst-mode” shots with the new iPhone, simply by keeping your finger on the shutter button; instead of being limited to just six (as a few of the DSLR cameras currently offer), you can take 10, 20, or even a hundred shots. And then — almost magically — the iPhone will show you which one or two of the large burst of photos was optimally sharp and clear. With a couple of clicks, you can then delete everything else, and retain only the very best one or two from the entire burst.<br />
<br />
&quot;With that in mind, I’ve begun using my iPhone5s for more and more “everyday” photo situations out on the street. Since I’m typically photographing ordinary, mundane events, even the one or two “optimal” shots that the camera-phone retains might not be worth showing anyone else … so there is still a lot of pruning and editing to be done, and I’m lucky if 10% of those “optimal” shots are good enough to justify uploading to Flickr and sharing with the rest of the world. Still, it’s an enormous benefit to know that my editing work can begin with photos that are more-or-less “technically” adequate, and that I don’t have to waste even a second reviewing dozens of technically-mediocre shots that are fuzzy, or blurred.<br />
<br />
&quot;Oh, yeah, one other minor benefit of the iPhone5s (and presumably most other current brands of smartphone): it automatically geotags every photo and video, without any special effort on the photographer’s part. Only one of my other big, fat cameras (the Sony Alpha SLT A65) has that feature, and I’ve noticed that almost none of the “new” mirrorless cameras have got a built-in GPS thingy that will perform the geotagging...<br />
<br />
&quot;I’ve had my iPhone5s for a couple of months now, but I’ve only been using the “burst-mode” photography feature aggressively for the past couple of weeks. As a result, the initial batch of photos that I’m uploading are all taken in the greater-NYC area. But as time goes on, and as my normal travel routine takes me to other parts of the world, I hope to add more and more “everyday” scenes in cities that I might not have the opportunity to photograph in a “serious” way.<br />
<br />
**************************<br />
<br />
Okay, so now it’s September of 2014, and I’ve got the iPhone 6. They say that the camera is better, and that the internal camera-related hardware/firmware/software is better, too. Obviously, I’ve got the newer iOS, too, and even on the “old” phones, it now supports time-lapse videos along with everything else.<br />
<br />
I’ve still got my pocket camera (an amazing little Sony ERX-100 Mark III), and two larger cameras (Sony RX-10, and Sony A7), but I have a feeling that I won’t even be taking them out of the camera bag when I’m out on the street for ordinary day-to-day walking around.<br />
<br />
That will depend, obviously, on what kind of photos and videos the iPhone6 is actually capable of taking … so I’m going to try to use it every day, and see what the results look like …<br />
<br />
Like I said last year, “stay tuned…&quot;</p>Ed Yourdonnewyork manhattan broadway upperwestside hood peeps iphone6plusbackcamera415mmf22https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.enMom doesn't know it, but the baby is holding a winning lotto tickethttp://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16187709988/
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/yourdon/">Ed Yourdon</a> posted a photo:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/16187709988/" title="Mom doesn't know it, but the baby is holding a winning lotto ticket"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7362/16187709988_b47c27c351_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Mom doesn't know it, but the baby is holding a winning lotto ticket" /></a></p>
<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
<br />
***************************<br />
<br />
About a year ago, I created Flickr album for photos that I had started taking with my iPhone5s; and now I’m creating a new Flickr album for photos that I’ve begun taking with myiPhone6, which just arrived from T-Mobile this morning.<br />
<br />
In last year’s album, I wrote, &quot;Whether you’re an amateur or professional photographer, it’s hard to walk around with a modern smartphone in your pocket, and <i>not</i> be tempted to use the built-in camera from time-to-time. Veteran photographers typically sneer at such behavior, and most will tell you that they can instantly recognize an iPhone photo, which they mentally reject as being unworthy of any serious attention.<br />
<br />
&quot;After using many earlier models of smartphones over the past several years, I was inclined to agree; after all, I always (well, almost always) had a “real” camera in my pocket (or backpack or camera-bag), and it was <i>always</i> capable of taking a much better photographic image than the mediocre, grainy images shot with a camera-phone. <br />
<br />
&quot;But still … there were a few occasions when I desperately wanted to capture some photo-worthy event taking place right in front of me, and inevitably it turned out to be the times when I did not have the “real” camera with me. Or I did have it, but it was buried somewhere in a bag, and I knew that the “event” would have disappeared by the time I found the “real&quot; camera and turned it on. By contrast, the smart-phone was <i>always</i> in my pocket (along with my keys and my wallet, it’s one of the three things I consciously grab every time I walk out the door). And I often found that I could turn it on, point it at the photographic scene, and take the picture much faster than I could do the same thing with a “traditional” camera.<br />
<br />
&quot;Meanwhile, smartphone cameras have gotten substantially better in the past few years, from a mechanical/hardware perspective; and the software “intelligence” controlling the camera has become amazingly sophisticated. It’s still not on the same level as a “professional” DSLR camera, but for a large majority of the “average” photographic situations we’re likely to encounter in the unplanned moments of our lives, it’s more and more likely to be “good enough.” The old adage of “the best camera is the one you have with you” is more and more relevant these days. For me, 90% of the success in taking a good photo is simply being in the right place at the right time, being aware that the “photo opportunity” is there, and having a camera — <i>any</i> camera — to take advantage of that opportunity. Only 10% of the time does it matter <i>which</i> camera I’m using, or what technical features I’ve managed to use.<br />
<br />
&quot;And now, with the recent advent of the iPhone5s, there is one more improvement — which, as far as I can tell, simply does not exist in any of the “professional” cameras. You can take an unlimited number of “burst-mode” shots with the new iPhone, simply by keeping your finger on the shutter button; instead of being limited to just six (as a few of the DSLR cameras currently offer), you can take 10, 20, or even a hundred shots. And then — almost magically — the iPhone will show you which one or two of the large burst of photos was optimally sharp and clear. With a couple of clicks, you can then delete everything else, and retain only the very best one or two from the entire burst.<br />
<br />
&quot;With that in mind, I’ve begun using my iPhone5s for more and more “everyday” photo situations out on the street. Since I’m typically photographing ordinary, mundane events, even the one or two “optimal” shots that the camera-phone retains might not be worth showing anyone else … so there is still a lot of pruning and editing to be done, and I’m lucky if 10% of those “optimal” shots are good enough to justify uploading to Flickr and sharing with the rest of the world. Still, it’s an enormous benefit to know that my editing work can begin with photos that are more-or-less “technically” adequate, and that I don’t have to waste even a second reviewing dozens of technically-mediocre shots that are fuzzy, or blurred.<br />
<br />
&quot;Oh, yeah, one other minor benefit of the iPhone5s (and presumably most other current brands of smartphone): it automatically geotags every photo and video, without any special effort on the photographer’s part. Only one of my other big, fat cameras (the Sony Alpha SLT A65) has that feature, and I’ve noticed that almost none of the “new” mirrorless cameras have got a built-in GPS thingy that will perform the geotagging...<br />
<br />
&quot;I’ve had my iPhone5s for a couple of months now, but I’ve only been using the “burst-mode” photography feature aggressively for the past couple of weeks. As a result, the initial batch of photos that I’m uploading are all taken in the greater-NYC area. But as time goes on, and as my normal travel routine takes me to other parts of the world, I hope to add more and more “everyday” scenes in cities that I might not have the opportunity to photograph in a “serious” way.<br />
<br />
**************************<br />
<br />
Okay, so now it’s September of 2014, and I’ve got the iPhone 6. They say that the camera is better, and that the internal camera-related hardware/firmware/software is better, too. Obviously, I’ve got the newer iOS, too, and even on the “old” phones, it now supports time-lapse videos along with everything else.<br />
<br />
I’ve still got my pocket camera (an amazing little Sony ERX-100 Mark III), and two larger cameras (Sony RX-10, and Sony A7), but I have a feeling that I won’t even be taking them out of the camera bag when I’m out on the street for ordinary day-to-day walking around.<br />
<br />
That will depend, obviously, on what kind of photos and videos the iPhone6 is actually capable of taking … so I’m going to try to use it every day, and see what the results look like …<br />
<br />
Like I said last year, “stay tuned…&quot;</p>Mon, 26 Jan 2015 12:39:46 -08002014-12-14T15:15:59-08:00nobody@flickr.com (Ed Yourdon)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/1618770998840.794370 -73.97198640.794370-73.9719862510368Mom doesn't know it, but the baby is holding a winning lotto ticket<p>(more details later, as time permits)<br />
<br />
***************************<br />
<br />
About a year ago, I created Flickr album for photos that I had started taking with my iPhone5s; and now I’m creating a new Flickr album for photos that I’ve begun taking with myiPhone6, which just arrived from T-Mobile this morning.<br />
<br />
In last year’s album, I wrote, &quot;Whether you’re an amateur or professional photographer, it’s hard to walk around with a modern smartphone in your pocket, and <i>not</i> be tempted to use the built-in camera from time-to-time. Veteran photographers typically sneer at such behavior, and most will tell you that they can instantly recognize an iPhone photo, which they mentally reject as being unworthy of any serious attention.<br />
<br />
&quot;After using many earlier models of smartphones over the past several years, I was inclined to agree; after all, I always (well, almost always) had a “real” camera in my pocket (or backpack or camera-bag), and it was <i>always</i> capable of taking a much better photographic image than the mediocre, grainy images shot with a camera-phone. <br />
<br />
&quot;But still … there were a few occasions when I desperately wanted to capture some photo-worthy event taking place right in front of me, and inevitably it turned out to be the times when I did not have the “real” camera with me. Or I did have it, but it was buried somewhere in a bag, and I knew that the “event” would have disappeared by the time I found the “real&quot; camera and turned it on. By contrast, the smart-phone was <i>always</i> in my pocket (along with my keys and my wallet, it’s one of the three things I consciously grab every time I walk out the door). And I often found that I could turn it on, point it at the photographic scene, and take the picture much faster than I could do the same thing with a “traditional” camera.<br />
<br />
&quot;Meanwhile, smartphone cameras have gotten substantially better in the past few years, from a mechanical/hardware perspective; and the software “intelligence” controlling the camera has become amazingly sophisticated. It’s still not on the same level as a “professional” DSLR camera, but for a large majority of the “average” photographic situations we’re likely to encounter in the unplanned moments of our lives, it’s more and more likely to be “good enough.” The old adage of “the best camera is the one you have with you” is more and more relevant these days. For me, 90% of the success in taking a good photo is simply being in the right place at the right time, being aware that the “photo opportunity” is there, and having a camera — <i>any</i> camera — to take advantage of that opportunity. Only 10% of the time does it matter <i>which</i> camera I’m using, or what technical features I’ve managed to use.<br />
<br />
&quot;And now, with the recent advent of the iPhone5s, there is one more improvement — which, as far as I can tell, simply does not exist in any of the “professional” cameras. You can take an unlimited number of “burst-mode” shots with the new iPhone, simply by keeping your finger on the shutter button; instead of being limited to just six (as a few of the DSLR cameras currently offer), you can take 10, 20, or even a hundred shots. And then — almost magically — the iPhone will show you which one or two of the large burst of photos was optimally sharp and clear. With a couple of clicks, you can then delete everything else, and retain only the very best one or two from the entire burst.<br />
<br />
&quot;With that in mind, I’ve begun using my iPhone5s for more and more “everyday” photo situations out on the street. Since I’m typically photographing ordinary, mundane events, even the one or two “optimal” shots that the camera-phone retains might not be worth showing anyone else … so there is still a lot of pruning and editing to be done, and I’m lucky if 10% of those “optimal” shots are good enough to justify uploading to Flickr and sharing with the rest of the world. Still, it’s an enormous benefit to know that my editing work can begin with photos that are more-or-less “technically” adequate, and that I don’t have to waste even a second reviewing dozens of technically-mediocre shots that are fuzzy, or blurred.<br />
<br />
&quot;Oh, yeah, one other minor benefit of the iPhone5s (and presumably most other current brands of smartphone): it automatically geotags every photo and video, without any special effort on the photographer’s part. Only one of my other big, fat cameras (the Sony Alpha SLT A65) has that feature, and I’ve noticed that almost none of the “new” mirrorless cameras have got a built-in GPS thingy that will perform the geotagging...<br />
<br />
&quot;I’ve had my iPhone5s for a couple of months now, but I’ve only been using the “burst-mode” photography feature aggressively for the past couple of weeks. As a result, the initial batch of photos that I’m uploading are all taken in the greater-NYC area. But as time goes on, and as my normal travel routine takes me to other parts of the world, I hope to add more and more “everyday” scenes in cities that I might not have the opportunity to photograph in a “serious” way.<br />
<br />
**************************<br />
<br />
Okay, so now it’s September of 2014, and I’ve got the iPhone 6. They say that the camera is better, and that the internal camera-related hardware/firmware/software is better, too. Obviously, I’ve got the newer iOS, too, and even on the “old” phones, it now supports time-lapse videos along with everything else.<br />
<br />
I’ve still got my pocket camera (an amazing little Sony ERX-100 Mark III), and two larger cameras (Sony RX-10, and Sony A7), but I have a feeling that I won’t even be taking them out of the camera bag when I’m out on the street for ordinary day-to-day walking around.<br />
<br />
That will depend, obviously, on what kind of photos and videos the iPhone6 is actually capable of taking … so I’m going to try to use it every day, and see what the results look like …<br />
<br />
Like I said last year, “stay tuned…&quot;</p>Ed Yourdonnewyork manhattan broadway upperwestside hood peeps iphone6plusbackcamera415mmf22https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en